Just saw that Avraham Eisenberg got 52 months in prison. For those following this case, the Mango Markets exploiter was sentenced Thursday but here's the thing - the prison time is mainly for the CSAM charges he pleaded guilty to, not the $110 million crypto theft from 2022.

So basically Eisenberg was convicted last year on wire fraud and commodities manipulation for draining Mango Markets, but now there's a chance the judge might grant a retrial on those charges. The judge literally said there's a 'non-zero chance' he'll overturn the fraud conviction. Meanwhile Eisenberg keeps claiming his trading was compliant with the protocol and wasn't actually illegal.

What's wild is prosecutors said he downloaded over 1,200 explicit images of children between 2017-2022, and he fled to Israel when people figured out he was behind the Mango Markets hack. His defense team tried blaming his strict religious upbringing for everything. The judge wasn't buying it though - said a prison sentence was necessary regardless.

So Eisenberg gets over 4 years inside, five years probation after release, and has to monitor all his devices. But the real question now is whether that fraud conviction actually sticks or if the retrial happens. Crypto theft charges keep getting messy in court.