Billion-dollar Bitcoin hacker Ilya Lichtenstein thanks Trump for early prison release
The Verge••business
Key Points:
- Hacker Ilya Lichtenstein was released early from prison just over a year after receiving a five-year sentence for stealing billions of dollars in Bitcoin, crediting President Trump's First Step Act for his early release.
- The First Step Act, passed in 2018, allows for expanded early release options such as earned time credits, and a Trump administration official confirmed Lichtenstein is now on home confinement.
- Lichtenstein's wife, Heather Morgan, also involved in the Bitcoin theft scheme and known as rapper "Razzlekhan," was sentenced to 18 months and has reportedly been released early as well.
- The couple was arrested in 2022 for laundering Bitcoin stolen in the 2016 Bitfinex hack and have
