美国检察官要求法官归还 2016 年 Bitfinex 黑客事件中被盗的 80% 比特币

美国检察官已要求联邦法官批准归还 2016 年加密货币交易所 Bitfinex 黑客攻击中被盗的 119,754 枚比特币中的近 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.

根据美国检察官周二提交的一份请求，在 2016 年加密货币交易所 Bitfinex 黑客攻击中被盗的 119,754 枚比特币中，近 80% 可能很快会归还给该交易所。

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.

检察官在文件中称，在被盗比特币总数中，政府从黑客 Ilya Lichtenstein 使用的原始钱包中追回了 94,643 枚。一旦法院批准请求，这些比特币就可以作为实物赔偿支付给 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，根据文件称，黑客攻击后通过几次硬分叉生成的比特币现金、比特币中本聪愿景和比特币黄金也将被发送到 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.

利希滕斯坦在承认 2023 年共谋洗钱罪后，于去年 11 月被判处 5 年监禁。他的妻子希瑟·摩根（Heather Morgan）——以她的说唱绰号 Razzlekhan 更为人所知——因帮助利希滕斯坦洗钱一部分而被判处 18 个月监禁。黑客攻击仍在继续。作为认罪协议的一部分，两人都同意没收被盗的加密货币。

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

然而，检察官在文件中表示，返还剩余的 25,000 个比特币将更加复杂。

"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.

“因为利希滕斯坦和摩根试图通过各种复杂且技术先进的手段来洗钱，包括通过广泛的剥离链交易、不合规的虚拟货币交易所、暗网市场、混合器和滚筒进行洗钱，以及将被告混入其中’企业和个人账户，它们不能被定性为 Bitfinex 黑客攻击中损失的‘特定财产’，因此必须在辅助程序中被没收，”文件称。