Bitcoin exchange operator tied to hacks gets five-and-a-half years U.S. prison

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Florida man was sentenced on Tuesday to serve 5-1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to operating an illegal bitcoin exchange suspected of laundering money for hackers and linked to a data breach at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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