Sindri Thor Stefansson, the mastermind behind the theft of $2 million worth of bitcoin mining equipment from Iceland, has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in jail.
His six other accomplices were imprisoned for a total of nine years and seven months.
Stefansson and 10 others were arrested in February last year suspected of involvement in what was dubbed by local media as the "Big Bitcoin Heist."
In four separate heists, more than 600 bitcoin mining computers from data centers around Iceland were stolen and have yet to be found.
Stefansson escaped from a minimum-security prison in rural southern Iceland on April 17. He boarded a flight to Stockholm from the international airport in Keflavik using a pseudo ticket. Flying within Europe's Schengen travel zone is passport-free.
Stefansson found himself on the same plane as the country's prime minister was traveling while on the run.
From the Swedish capital Stefansson got to Amsterdam via train, bus and taxi.
An international arrest warrant was issued against Stefansson, who was arrested from the Netherlands capital Amsterdam few days later.
A court in Iceland awarded $200,000 in compensation to Advania, the mining firm from where the equipments were stolen.
Stefansson's case had made headlines around the world as the low-crime, thinly populated European country had become a hot-spot for bitcoin mining.
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