Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, the New York-based couple implicated in the alleged laundering of $4.5 billion in bitcoin pilfered from the 2016 Bitfinex cyber-attack, have reached a plea bargain, as revealed by recent court records. The pair is scheduled to appear before U.S. judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on August 3, 2023, and will be mandated to surrender all cryptocurrency assets and funds they possessed prior to their apprehension.
NY Duo Set to Surrender More Than $2.8B in Historic Plea Deal
The Department of Justice reported the arrest of Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan on February 8, 2023, for purportedly conspiring to launder proceeds from the theft of 119,754 bitcoins from Bitfinex. Morgan was granted bail in July 2022 with permission to seek lawful employment but her husband remained incarcerated. Now, one year after Morgan’s release on certain terms, both individuals have struck a deal with the government.
Court documents filed on July 20 and 21, 2023 indicate t
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