Uranium Finance hacker sentenced to up to 20 years in prison

[Uranium Finance Hacker Found Guilty, Faces Up to 20 Years in Prison] Gold Finance reports that on October 8, according to Bloomberg, cybersecurity consultant Jonathan Spalletta was found guilty by a New York jury. Prosecutors accused him of launching two attacks on Uranium Finance in 2021, siphoning approximately $55 million, after which the platform shut down. Spalletta faces up to 20 years in prison on money laundering charges related to the use of crypto-mixing services such as Tornado Cash. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff has scheduled sentencing for February 16 next year. Law enforcement seized over $3 million worth of rare Pokémon and Magic: The Gathering cards from his Maryland residence, along with approximately $31 million in crypto assets. He also spent over $600,000 to purchase an ancient Roman coin commemorating the assassination of Julius Caesar, and $137,000 to acquire a component from the Wright brothers’ aircraft that had been taken to the Moon by Armstrong. Spalletta’s defense attorney argued that he merely used publicly available functions within smart contracts, without forging credentials or deploying malicious code, and therefore did not commit hacking.