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Billion-dollar Bitcoin hacker Ilya Lichtenstein released early, thanks Trump
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Ilya Lichtenstein, the hacker responsible for the 2016 Bitfinex breach, has been released early from his five-year sentence due to the First Step Act, a criminal justice reform law enacted during Donald Trump's presidency. Lichtenstein, who was sentenced just over a year ago, claims his early release was facilitated by this legislation aimed at reducing prison sentences for non-violent offenders.
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