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US Seeks 5-Year Sentence for Ilya Lichtenstein, Orchestrator of $6B Bitfinex Hack
Shalini is a crypto reporter who provides in-depth reports on daily developments and regulatory shifts in the cryptocurrency sector.
28.02 / 16:05
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Bitfinex Case Defendant Credits Bitcoin Fog in Laundering Scheme: Bloomberg
The revelation from hacker Ilya Lichtenstein sheds light on one of the largest Bitcoin heists in history, involving the looting of billions of dollars from the crypto exchange Bitfinex using Bitcoin Fog.
04.08 / 05:53
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New York couple plead guilty to bitcoin laundering
Ilya Lichtenstein, 35, and Heather Morgan, 33, were arrested in February last year after the US government seized 95,000 bitcoin then valued at $3.6 billion. Prosecutors said the pair stole the bitcoin in 2016 using «advanced hacking tools.» Authorities recovered the funds from wallets controlled by the duo. Since their arrests, the government has seized another approximately $475 million tied to the hack, the Southern District of New York said in a statement.
03.08 / 18:21
03.08 / 16:35
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Individual charged with money laundering admits to hacking Bitfinex in 2016: Report
One half of the couple alleged to have laundered billions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency has reportedly admitted he was behind the 2016 Bitfinex hack.
22.07 / 18:03
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New York Couple Set to Plead Guilty in $4.5 Billion Bitcoin-Laundering Case
A married New York couple is preparing to plead guilty to charges of conspiring to launder billions of dollars worth of Bitcoin (BTC), which was stolen during the notorious 2016 hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex.
22.07 / 06:21
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US couple accused of laundering crypto from Bitfinex hack reach plea deal
Bitfinex have entered into a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in Washington, court records showed on Friday. Ilya Lichtenstein and his wife Heather Morgan, both of Manhattan, were initially arrested in February 2022. They are set to appear for a plea hearing on Aug. 3 before U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington, court records showed. A lawyer for Lichtenstein and Morgan and a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The pair was accused of conspiring to launder more than 100,000 bitcoin that was stolen, after a hacker attacked Bitfinex and initiated more than 2,0000 unauthorized transactions.
21.07 / 15:57
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Couple behind Bitfinex money laundering scheme reach plea deal with US prosecutors
The husband and wife alleged to have laundered billions of dollars worth of Bitcoin connected to the 2016 Bitfinex hack have reached a plea agreement with authorities in the United States.
06.07 / 18:31
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US Homeland Security returns $314K from 2016 Bitfinex hack
Via a July 6 announcement, cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex says it has received $312,219.71 in cash and 6.917 in Bitcoin Cash (BCH) from the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The seizure was conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. According to Bitfinex staff:
24.12 / 18:31
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Crypto can get weird: The 5 strangest stories of the industry in 2022
From Terra to FTX, 2022 has given us many weird crypto stories. While investors have been enduring a bear market that saw the crypto industry sink below the $1 trillion market capitalization mark, adoption in the space has been growing, and old mysteries were finally solved.
18.07 / 11:31
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Bitfinex Hack Suspect Heather Morgan Cleared to Seek Job and Get Paid Over USD 10K a Month
Heather Morgan, who was charged over laundering USD 4.5bn worth of bitcoin (BTC) stolen from the Bitfinex crypto exchange, won court approval to seek a new job while her case proceeds.
05.05 / 06:59
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New crypto litigation tracker highlights 300 cases from SafeMoon to Pepe the Frog
A new crypto litigation tracker from commercial law firm Morrison Cohen LLP shows details of more than 300 active and settled court cases since 2013.
22.03 / 16:59
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‘Crypto couple’ in plea deal talks over $4.5bn bitcoin heist
Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan face up to 25 years in prison on charges of money laundering and fraud.
05.03 / 09:31
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US agencies find possible Indian link in 2016 Bitfinex bitcoin hack
A joint investigation by three US agencies -- Internal Revenue Service (Criminal Investigation), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)— revealed that eight email ids hosted by an India-based service provider were allegedly used to launder $4.5 billion worth of stolen cryptocurrency.
02.03 / 14:55
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Heather Morgan, aka crypto’s ‘Razzlekhan’, splits from her husband’s defense team
The crypto couple are each going solo in court.
01.03 / 13:05
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Alleged Bitfinex Crypto Exchange BTC Launderer Morgan Seeks ‘Plea Deal’
Half of the husband-and-wife duo that has been charged by American prosecutors with attempting to launder a monster bitcoin (BTC) allegedly raided from the crypto exchange Bitfinexin a 2016 hack is talking to the authorities about a possible “plea deal.”
21.02 / 14:43
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Why people close to the couple charged in $3.6bn bitcoin heist insist they’re not flight risks
People who know the couple charged in connection with one of history's biggest bitcoin heists insist they aren't flight risks.
16.02 / 18:05
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Making sense of the Bitfinex Bitcoin billions
It’s the Netflix script that wrote itself. A story so outlandish, it’s stunned the crypto community; an industry accustomed to apparent suicides in Spanish jail cells and nonfungible token auctions for dead rappers.
15.02 / 12:47
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Bitfinex money laundering: Husband faces pre-trial detention, wife gets bail
The husband-wife duo accused in the infamous $3.6 billion Bitcoin (BTC) money laundering case had quite a contrasting valentine. A federal judge upheld the decision of a suspended release for wife Heather Morgan while husband Ilya Lichtenstein has been sent to pre-trial detention.
15.02 / 12:01
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Bitfinex Hack: Ilya Lichtenstein Remains in Federal Custody, Heather Morgan Released on Bail
A judge in Washington D.C., USA, denied bail to Ilya Lichtenstein while releasing his wife, Heather Morgan, from detention on bail.
14.02 / 11:31
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Couple charged with billion-dollar crypto heist are major flight risks, prosecutors say
Prosecutors say there is overwhelming evidence that Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, charged in a billion-dollar crypto heist, are major flight risks and their bail needs to be rescinded.
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