News with the tag "Bitcoin theft"

The FBI has unveiled details of a $305M Bitcoin heist by North Korea-affiliated hackers using social engineering techniques.

Bitfinex hacker, Ilya Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty last year to the 2016 theft of 120,000 Bitcoin from the exchange, has made his first public statement since his arrest in 2022. In a five-minute video posted to X, Lichtenstein fully accepted responsibility for the hack, saying he had acted alon...

Ilya Lichtenstein, who stole 120,000 Bitcoin in a 2016 hack on the Bitfinex, should receive a reduced sentence of five-years in prison, prosecutors say.

U.S. prosecutors are requesting a reduced sentence for Ilya Lichtenstein, the mastermind behind the 2016 Bitfinex bitcoin heist, citing his significant cooperation in recovering stolen assets. Lichtenstein faces sentencing for stealing 120,000 bitcoin, worth $71 million at the time. U.S. Government ...

The U.S. government is taking legal action to seize 200,000 tether (USDT), worth $200,000, linked to a major cryptocurrency fraud. The funds, converted from stolen bitcoin, could soon be returned to the Ohio victim after a forfeiture trial. Investigators used blockchain technology to track the illic...

Federal authorities in the United States have arrested two men for allegedly stealing $230 million in Bitcoin from a Washington resident. The post U.S. Agents Arrest Duo for $230M Bitcoin Theft in Washington D.C. appeared first on TheCoinrise.com .

In a statement issued on Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed that two Russian individuals have been accused of infiltrating a cryptocurrency exchange and running an unlawful exchange. Reportedly, the pair gained unauthorized access to Mt Gox’s servers from 2011 to 2014 and purporte...