Billion-dollar Bitcoin hacker Ilya Lichtenstein thanks Trump for his early release from prison

Just over a year after he was sentenced to five years in prison for Billions of dollars worth of Bitcoin stolenHacker Ilya Lichtenstein is free. Lichtenstein announced his release in a post on X, specifically crediting Trump: “Thanks to President Trump’s First Step Act, I was released from prison early. I remain committed to making a positive impact in cybersecurity as quickly as I can.”

The First Step Act Lichtenstein referred to is a criminal justice reform bill passed in 2018 during the first Trump administration that expands early release options, such as earned time credits. A Trump administration official confirmed the early release in A Statement to CNBCAlleging that Lichtenstein “has served significant time on his sentence and is currently on home confinement consistent with the law and Bureau of Prisons policies.”

Lichtenstein’s wife, Heather Morgan, Reply to his announcement post With a picture of them. Morgan, who some may know as the famous rapper”Razlikhanor “Wall Street Crocodile,” she was also charged in a scheme to launder billions of dollars worth of bitcoins stolen in the 2016 hack of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex. She was only sentenced to 18 months in prison, but appears to have been released early, a development She announced from her bathtub In a post on X in October. Morgan and Liechtenstein were not He was arrested for hacking Until 2022. The duo has since become the subject of Netflix docuseries and Upcoming movie.