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U.S. returns to Bitfinex exchange fraction of bitcoin stolen in 2016 heist


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U.S. returns to Bitfinex exchange fraction of bitcoin stolen in 2016 heistU.S. federal law enforcement agencies have returned 27.7 bitcoin stolen in August 2016, Bitfinex said in a statement. Hackers made off with almost 120,000 bitcoin, worth about $72 million at the time, in one of the biggest ever thefts from a cryptocurrency exchange. U.S. and European law enforcement agencies investigated the heist, Bitfinex General Counsel Stuart Hoegner told Reuters, declining to give further details or name the agencies involved.


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