# 22-year-old pleads guilty in nearly $250 million bitcoin theft

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- CNN, 2026-09-10 09:00 UTC
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- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/09/us/man-pleads-guilty-massive-crypto-heists-hnk?Date=20260910&Profile=CNN

> A 22-year-old man pleaded guilty to conspiring with friends to steal nearly a quarter-billion dollars in bitcoin from a Washington, DC, resident, in one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts in US history. He then went on a lavish spending spree using the laundered proceeds.

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