Overview
- Lichtenstein served roughly 14 months of a five-year sentence and posted on X that a 2018 prison-reform law enabled his early transfer.
- A Trump administration official said he is now on home confinement consistent with Bureau of Prisons policy.
- Federal inmate records still show a scheduled Feb. 9, 2026 release date even as he serves the remainder under supervision.
- Authorities recovered about 94,000 of the 119,754 bitcoin stolen in 2016, and prosecutors moved in 2025 to return the coins to Bitfinex as restitution.
- His cooperation included testifying against Bitcoin Fog operator Roman Sterlingov, and his wife Heather Morgan was released early after an 18‑month sentence.