Maryland man convicted for $53M Uranium Finance hack and theft
Jonathan Spalletta, aged 36, was found guilty of hacking the Uranium Finance decentralized exchange twice in April 2021, stealing over $53 million in cryptocurrency. He exploited smart contract flaws to drain liquidity pools and extorted the platform for a 'bug bounty' before laundering the stolen funds through mixers and exchanges. Authorities recovered luxury collectibles purchased with the stolen assets from his residence in 2025.