Ex-Security Engineer Gets Three Years in Prison for $12 Million Crypto Hacks

A former Amazon engineer who scammed more than $12 million from two decentralized cryptocurrencies exchanges in 2022 was sentenced to three years in prison in a case that the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) called the first conviction for hacking a “smart contract.” Shakeeb Ahmed, who was indicted last year, also will serve three years of..

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