NEW YORK -- The Justice Department on Tuesday announced the arrests of a New York couple charged with conspiring to launder cryptocurrency presently valued at $4.5 billion -- stolen during the 2016 ...

Lichtenstein was behind the theft of 120,000 bitcoin from Bitfinex in 2016. Prosecutors described his attempts to launder the money as “the most complicated” techniques IRS agents had seen to date.

Razzlekhan, who has previously described herself as the “Crocodile of Wall Street,” gained notoriety online for offering tips ...

Ilya Lichtenstein, who pled guilty last year to charges related to the 2016 theft of 120,000 bitcoin from Bitfinex, has made his first public statement since his 2022 arrest. In a five-minute video ...

The story of Ilya Lichtenstein, known for his role in the Bitfinex hack, and his wife Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan has taken a new turn following the release of the Netflix documentary, “Biggest Heist ...

Courtesy: Alexandria Adult Detention Center. The value of that bitcoin stolen by Ilya Lichtenstein was just $70 million when he executed the cyberattack on Bitfinex and initiated more than 2,000 ...

The exchange posted a note on its website at 2:06 pm EST on Tuesday announcing a theft had been reported, and the firm was cooperating with law enforcement. Zane Tackett, Bitfinex's director of ...

Shockwaves rippled through the cryptocurrency world in the summer of 2016 when 119,754 bitcoin, worth around $71 million at the time, disappeared from the digital coffers of the Hong Kong-based ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, known as the "crypto couple," both pleaded guilty on Thursday to ...