Hacker who stole and laundered billions in bitcoin with wife’s help gets 5-year sentence

A New York technology entrepreneur was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty last year to laundering funds stolen from Bitfinex, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, with the help of his wife. Ilya Lichtenstein, 35, hacked into Bitfinex’s network in 2016, using advanced hacking tools and techniques, and stole about 120,000 bitcoin, the Justice … Read more

Giants on track for historically bad interception drought

The first commercial spacewalk happened more recently than the Giants’ last interception. It has been 68 days and nine games since the Giants’ one and only interception of the season — made by rookie linebacker Darius Muasau in the meaningless final three minutes of a season-opening 22-point loss to the Vikings. “The statistic alone is … Read more

UCLA slammed for “chaotic” response to protest melee in UC independent review

A pro-Palestinian protester is punched by a counterprotester during a violent melee at UCLA in April. (Michael Blackshire / Los Angeles Times) UCLA failed to protect students from a protest melee this spring because of a “highly chaotic” decision-making process, a lack of communication among campus leaders and police, and other shortfalls that led to … Read more

Zach Bryan off the hook in 2023 Oklahoma obstruction arrest

Zach Bryan is off the hook for his 2023 obstruction arrest. Michelle Lowry, a spokesperson for the Craig Country, Okla., District Attorney’s Office, told TMZ Thursday that prosecutors agreed in May to defer charging the country singer for six months. However, due to his good behavior, prosecutors decided to drop his case altogether — as … Read more

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