Man Who Laundered Billions in Bitcoins Says Bitcoin Fog Was a Help: Bloomberg
Ilya Lichtenstein, one of the crypto industry’s most high-stakes criminals, is now helping federal prosecutors in their case…
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New York couple pleads guilty to the $4.5B Bitfinex hack
Ilya Lichtenstein faces a maximum of 20 years behind bars for conspiracy to commit money laundering, while his…
New York Man Admits to Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Hack From 2016, Pleads Guilty With Wife to Money Laundering
In an unexpected revelation, Ilya Lichtenstein, 35, confessed to being the original hacker behind the 2016 cyberattack on…
NY Couple to Forfeit Billions in Crypto and Cash in Plea Deal Over Bitfinex Hack Laundering Case
Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, the New York-based couple implicated in the alleged laundering of $4.5 billion in…
$4.5 billion Bitfinex BTC laundering case to include classified info
A Columbia judge ruled that the $4.5 billion BTC laundering case of the hipster New York couple will…