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A record seizure of $3.6 billion of stolen Bitcoin accompanied the Tuesday arrests of a Manhattan husband and wife for their roles in a lucrative and unprecedented 2016 cryptocurrency hack of a virtual currency exchange, authorities announced.
Defendants Ilya Litchtenstein, 34, and Heather Morgan, 31, were taken into custody for conspiracy to launder the Bitcoin linked to the company Bitfinex, with the couple accused of using an assortment of sophisticated methods and bogus identities to cash in on the lucrative scam.
Defendants Ilya Litchtenstein, 34, and Heather Morgan, 31, were taken into custody for conspiracy to launder the Bitcoin linked to the company Bitfinex, with the couple accused of using an assortment of sophisticated methods and bogus identities to cash in on the lucrative scam.