The injurious hacker who orchestrated the massive 2016 exploit of the crypto alternate Bitfinex has reportedly changed into into a authorities survey.
In 2022, Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan – is known as the “crypto couple” – were arrested for conspiring to launder $4.5 billion value of stolen crypto resources from the Bitfinex hack. They pled responsible to the crime remaining year.
Now, Lichtenstein has regarded as a cooperating US authorities survey in an ongoing cash laundering trial centered around the crypto mixing provider Bitcoin Fog, essentially essentially based totally on a new Bloomberg sage.
Lichtenstein testified that he had pick up admission to to Bitfinex’s methods for months and likewise exploited accounts at US crypto exchanges Coinbase and Kraken.
The hacker also reportedly testified that he employed Bitcoin Fog up to 10 instances to launder his stolen proceeds, although he licensed that he later switched to diversified mixers, essentially essentially based totally on the sage.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested Roman Sterlingov, the alleged predominant operator of Bitcoin Fog, relieve in 2021.
Lichtenstein, who also goes by the title “Dutch,” described himself on LinkedIn as a “technology entrepreneur, coder and investor.”
Morgan is a gradual Forbes columnist and chief govt of a copywriting agency. She’s also an idiosyncratic YouTube rapper is known as “Razzlekhan.”
A feature movie referring to the couple titled “Razzlekhan” is reportedly in enhance at Amazon MGM Studios, essentially essentially based totally on Cleave relieve-off date.
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