bitfinex
-
Heather Morgan, the rapper and wife in the NYC couple accused of laundering $4.5 billion of stolen bitcoin, can await trial at home
- February 16, 2022
- Posted by: MasterAdmin
- Category: Cryptocurrency
No CommentsHeather Morgan and her husband Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein in court in connection with $4.5 billion bitcoin laundering
AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams
The New York couple accused of a scheme to launder $4.5 billion in bitcoin will be split up after a judge granted bail to wife Heather Morgan but not husband Ilya Lichtenstein.
The ruling came Monday as the couple appeared in a Washington, D.C.… -
Meet the crypto ‘Bonnie and Clyde’: A TikTok rapper who calls herself the ‘Crocodile of Wall Street’ and her husband ‘Dutch’. We look at their alleged links to the Bitfinex hack.
- February 12, 2022
- Posted by: MasterAdmin
- Category: Cryptocurrency
Heather Morgan and her husband Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein in court in connection with a $4.5 billion bitcoin laundering charge.
AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams
A married couple in their 30s face charges of laundering bitcoin worth $4.5 billion from the 2016 Bitfinex hack.
Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan behaved like people in a spy novel, US prosecutors allege.
Authorities found $40,000 in cash, 50 electronic devices, and two hollowed-out books in their NY home.… -
Frozen embryos will keep accused $4.5 billion bitcoin money launderers from fleeing U.S., lawyer says in bail bid
- February 11, 2022
- Posted by: MasterAdmin
- Category: Cryptocurrency
Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein are accused of a conspiracy to launder bitcoin that was stolen in the 2016 hack of Bitfinex, a cryptocurrency exchange.
… -
Rapping FinanceTok Influencer and Husband Accused of Conspiracy to Launder $4.5 Billion in Crypto
- February 9, 2022
- Posted by: MasterAdmin
- Category: Altcoins
Federal authorities have arrested a DeFi investor and his finance influencer wife for allegedly having laundered billions of dollars in cryptocurrency stolen from a crypto exchange.
… -
Married NYC couple charged with laundering billions in stolen crypto
- February 9, 2022
- Posted by: MasterAdmin
- Category: Investments
It’s one for the history books.
The Department of Justice announced Tuesday morning the arrest of a married New York City couple allegedly caught trying to launder cryptocurrency stolen during the notorious 2016 hack of the Bitfinex exchange. The proceeds from that boosted crypto — specifically, 119,754 bitcoin — is presently valued at around $4.5 billion, and large chunks of it were on the move as recently as earlier this month.…