**🚨 Crypto News Flash: Bitfinex Hack Mastermind Faces Prison Time 🚨**

- **Ilya Lichtenstein**, the brain behind the 2016 Bitfinex hack, is facing a potential **5-year prison sentence**. He extracted **120,000 BTC** (worth $8 billion) and laundered it with his wife, Heather Morgan, aka rapper "Razzlekhan."

- **Prosecutors** argue for a strong sentence to deter future cybercriminals, emphasizing the normalized online activity that trivializes victims' impact.

- Morgan, who cooperated with authorities, may receive **18 months**. Both are set for sentencing in November.

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