美國檢察官要求法官歸還 2016 年 Bitfinex 駭客事件中被盜的 80% 比特幣

美國檢察官已要求聯邦法官批准歸還 2016 年加密貨幣交易所 Bitfinex 駭客攻擊中被盜的 119,754 枚比特幣中的近 80%。

Nearly 80% of the 119,754 bitcoins stolen in the 2016 hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex could soon be returned to the exchange, according to a request filed Tuesday by U.S. prosecutors.

根據美國檢察官週二提交的一份請求，在 2016 年加密貨幣交易所 Bitfinex 駭客攻擊中被盜的 119,754 枚比特幣中，近 80% 可能很快就會歸還給該交易所。

Out of the total stolen bitcoins, 94,643 were recovered by the government from the original wallet used by the hacker, Ilya Lichtenstein, prosecutors said in the filing. These bitcoins can be paid to Bitfinex as restitution in-kind once the court approves the request.

檢察官在文件中稱，在被盜比特幣總數中，政府從駭客 Ilya Lichtenstein 使用的原始錢包中追回了 94,643 枚。一旦法院批准請求，這些比特幣就可以作為實物賠償支付給 Bitfinex。

Additionally, the Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin Satoshi Vision and Bitcoin Gold generated via several hard forks following the hack will also be sent to Bitfinex, according to the filing.

此外，根據文件稱，駭客攻擊後透過幾次硬分叉生成的比特幣現金、比特幣中本聰願景和比特幣黃金也將發送到 Bitfinex。

Lichtenstein was sentenced to 5 years in prison last November after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in 2023. His wife, Heather Morgan – better known by her rap moniker Razzlekhan – received an 18-month sentence for helping Lichtenstein to launder a portion of the hack proceeds. Both agreed to forfeit the stolen cryptocurrency as part of their plea agreements.

利希滕斯坦在承認2023 年共謀洗錢罪後，於去年11 月被判處5 年監禁。幫助利希滕斯坦洗錢一部分而被判處18 個月監禁。作為認罪協議的一部分，兩人都同意沒收被盜的加密貨幣。

However, returning the remaining 25,000 bitcoins will be more complicated, prosecutors said in the filing.

然而，檢察官在文件中表示，返還剩餘的 25,000 個比特幣將更加複雜。

"Because Lichtenstein and Morgan attempted to launder those coins via a variety of complex and technologically sophisticated means, including laundering through extensive peel chain transactions, non-compliant virtual currency exchanges, darknet markets, and mixers and tumblers, as well as commingling in the defendants’ business and personal accounts, they cannot be characterized as the 'specific property' lost in the Bitfinex Hack and must therefore be forfeited in an ancillary proceeding," the filing stated.

「因為利希滕斯坦和摩根試圖透過各種複雜且技術先進的手段來洗錢，包括透過廣泛的剝離鏈交易、不合規的虛擬貨幣交易所、暗網市場、混合器和滾筒進行洗錢，以及將被告混入其中’企業和個人帳戶，它們不能被定性為 Bitfinex 黑客攻擊中損失的‘特定財產’，因此必須在輔助程序中被沒收，”文件稱。