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Crypto thief released early thanks to Trump's First Step Act

Ilya Lichtenstein is coming home after serving time for the Bitfinex hack.

TechRadar · Jan 5

Review: Netflix's Biggest Heist Ever Documentary Takes Bitcoin Seriously

The film exemplifies the new age of mainstream respectability the token has entered.

Reason · Feb 14, 2025

Crypto thief dubbed the ‘Crocodile of Wall Street’ says she’s just misunderstood as she starts prison sentence

‘This was a media spectacle — but they were wrong about me,’ Heather Morgan said

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2025

Crypto Mixer Bitcoin Fog Founder Found Guilty Of Money Laundering

Roman Sterlingov, which the DOJ accused of operating Bitcoin Fog, has been found guilty of money laundering and other related charges following his 2021 arrest in a case that has raised concerns about law enforcement's conviction methods.

International Business Times · Mar 13, 2024

Data Shows US Govt. Transferred Over $900M Seized Bitcoin Amid BTC's $60K Jump

The U.S. government, on the day Bitcoin hit $60,000 for the first time in over two years, transferred more than $900 million worth of Bitcoin it seized from the Bitfinex exploit in 2016, blockchain intelligence data revealed.

International Business Times · Mar 1, 2024

How Sam Bankman-Fried stacks up against Bernie Madoff and some of history’s biggest financial fraudsters

Where do the alleged crimes of Sam Bankman-Fried stack up against history's biggest fraudsters?

Fortune · Oct 2, 2023

Did Razzlekhan and Dutch Pull Off History’s Biggest Crypto Heist?

The novelty rapper and her startup-guy husband are now facing trial, but some of the proceeds from the $8 billion Bitfinex hack still haven’t been recovered. 

Businessweek · Jun 30, 2022

Stolen Bitcoin, fake personas and a trip to Ukraine: Inside the case against crypto heist couple Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein

In a case prosecutors describe as "pulled from the pages of a spy novel", a young couple stands accused of profiting from a brazen cryptocurrency heist and attempting to launder stolen Bitcoin worth billions of dollars.

ABC News · Mar 18, 2022

Couple accused of $4.5bn Bitcoin cyber fraud ask judge to be allowed to stay near frozen embryos

Prosecutors say ‘defendants are sophisticated cybercriminals and money launderers who present a serious risk of flight and should be detained pending trial’

The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2022

Judge halts bail for couple charged in Bitcoin hack

WASHINGTON — A Washington judge halted a decision to grant bail to two people charged with trying to launder billions of dollars worth of Bitcoin stolen in a 2016 hack of the Bitfinex currency exchange.

Tribune News Service · Feb 9, 2022