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 ...

The identity of the hacker or hackers behind an exploit that removed more than 100,000 Bitcoin from Bitfinex in 2016 had only been the subject of speculation until Aug. 3. One-half of the couple ...

Heather Morgan, the rapper and social media personality also known as Razzlekhan, is working on new music as she transitions out of federal custody. The 35-year-old, who is serving an 18-month ...

When Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein were arrested in February 2022 for allegedly trying to launder billions of dollars of bitcoin stolen in the mysterious Bitfinex hack of 2016, most of the ...

In the theft of bitcoin from Bitfinex — worth about $9 billion in today's prices — Morgan's 18 months followed the five-year sentencing of her husband last week. Heather Morgan, who was accused of ...

Heather Morgan has argued for no more jail time for her role in laundering some of the 120,000 Bitcoin stolen from Bitfinex by her husband Ilya Lichtenstein. Heather Morgan, also known as the rapper ...

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 ...

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 ...

In our August 9 blog post, we discussed the Bitfinex hack that rattled the bitcoin markets and raised serious questions about the security of bitcoin wallets and allocating risk in this new age 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 ...