Bitfinex distributed the loss across accounts and issued BFX tokens representing customer claims, later redeeming or converting them. U.S. authorities recovered a large portion of the stolen bitcoin years later and prosecuted the laundering case.
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Bitfinex loses nearly 120,000 BTC
A security breach removed approximately 119,756 BTC from Bitfinex customer wallets and forced the exchange to halt operations.
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