On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) arrested two individuals that are accused of an “alleged conspiracy to launder” 94,636 bitcoins stolen from Bitfinex in 2016. Interestingly, both of th...
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Good or Bad for the Industry?
In the early hours of February 1, $3.55 billion worth of Bitcoin from the 2016 Bitfinex hack suddenly moved after years. A week later, the United States Department of Justice officially announced the ...
Bitfinex Add Trading Pairs for GBP/USDt, GBP/EURt, JPY/USDt
Bitfinex, a major digital currency trading platform based in the British Virgin Islands, announced today that it has added three new currency spot pairs against Tether tokens (GBP/USDt, GBP/EURt and J...
The Bitfinex Laundering Story Continues
While initial reports suggested there was a server breach at BitGo at the time, the company said it found no evidence of such. Further, Bitfinex held two of the keys. The precise details of the hack i...
Making sense of the Bitfinex Bitcoin billions
It’s the Netflix script that wrote itself. A story so outlandish, it’s stunned the crypto community; an industry accustomed to apparent suicides in Spanish jail cells and nonfungible token auctions fo...
Federal Judge Releases ‘Razzlekhan,’ Orders Other Bitfinex Hack Laundering Suspect to Remain in Jail
Prosecutors allege that Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife, Heather Morgan, 31, conspired together to launder 119,754 bitcoins – worth over $5 billion in today’s prices – that were stolen during the ...
LEO Token Pumps Post Bitfinex Bitcoin Seizure, But Why?
Bitfinex LEO Token has been rallying in the past week, as U.S. authorities allegedly captured the bad actors that took over 100,000 BTC from the platform back in 2016. LEO was created as a utility tok...
Federal judge orders husband in Bitfinex case to go to pre-trial detention
The husband and wife duo accused of laundering money associated with the Bitfinex hack have started their lengthy court processes. The couple is being charged with attempting to launder $3.6 billion w...
Accused Bitfinex Bitcoin Launderer Heather ‘Razzlekhan’ Morgan Released on Bail
A federal judge yesterday ordered the release of Heather Morgan, one half of the couple accused of laundering billions of dollars worth of Bitcoin after the 2016 Bitfinex hack. Morgan’s husband, Ilya ...
Netflix to Release Documentary on 2016 Bitfinex Hack
American subscription streaming service and production company, Netflix Inc has announced it is going to release a documentary about the 2016 Bitfinex hack – a financial crime that can earn the ...
Bitfinex Hacks, Dumb NFTs, and The Tinder Swindler
Crypto memes lately have not disappointed. Who did meme-makers target this week? Let’s take a look. One of the most striking events of the past week was the arrest of a married couple who, allegedly, ...
Couple Arrested for Role in 2016 Bitfinex Crypto Hack
The Justice Department has arrested a couple in New York for their alleged participation in a crypto scam that occurred roughly six years ago. Ilya Lichtenstein – age 34 – and his wife Heather Morgan,...
Netflix Orders Crypto Series About A Couple That Laundered Worth Billions BTC from the 2016 Bitfinex hack
Famous American streaming service Netflix announced that it has ordered a documentary series about a couple who claimed to have laundered BTC worth around billions of dollars from the 2016 Bitfinex ha...
The 120,000 Bitcoin Bitfinex Heist to be Turned into a Netflix Documentary
The world of cryptocurrencies, especially in its earlier years, had a reputation of being the playing ground of hackers and various malicious entities. And while this has changed to a huge degree in t...
Crypto Weekly Roundup: Bitfinex Hackers Arrested, Russia To Legalize Crypto, Binance Invests In Forbes, Sequoia Invests In Polygon, And More
It has been an exciting week in crypto. A comedy-rapper and her husband have been arrested in New York over money laundering charges in connection to the 2016 Bitfinex hack, where around 120,000 BTCs ...
Netflix Orders Crypto Series About a Couple’s Alleged Scheme to Launder $4.5B in Bitcoin Stolen From Bitfinex – Featured Bitcoin News
Netflix has ordered a documentary series about the couple who allegedly laundered billions of dollars from the 2016 Bitfinex hack. Aspiring rapper Heather Morgan and her husband, Ilya “Dutch” Lichtens...
Bitcoin docuseries: Netflix to produce movie on the couple behind Bitfinex BTC launder
TL;DR Breakdown Netflix is set to create a Bitcoin docuseries about the couple that allegedly hacked Bitfinex in 2016 Authorities arrested the two on February 8th. Netflix made an announcement on Fr...
Netflix announces new series on Bitfinex hack involving 120,000 Bitcoin
Streaming and production giant Netflix will soon produce a documentary series on the infamous Bitfinex hack — one of the biggest financial crimes from 2016 stealing 119,756 Bitcoin (BTC) — worth $72 m...
Bitfinex Hack and Bitcoin Laundering Scheme Coming to Netflix
In brief Makers of “Tiger King” and the Fyre Festival documentary “FYRE” are tagged to produce. The series will follow the 2016 Bitfinex hack and the subsequent conspiracy to l...
4 Unanswered Questions About the Bitfinex Hack
Yesterday we got stunning news of the arrest of a New York couple, Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein and Heather R. Morgan, for their alleged role in attempting to launder bitcoin now worth a staggering $4.6 ...
Accused Bitfinex Launderer’s Rap Album Cover NFTs Vanish from OpenSea
The crypto-rapper accused of laundering billions of dollars from the 2016 Bitfinex hack created NFTs of her album artwork. Now their owner claims they’ve vanished from NFT marketplace OpenSea. E...
Hack to Bitfinex, who are the two arrested
Their names have been revealed directly by the US Department of Justice: Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife, Heather Morgan, 31, the two arrested for the hack at Bitfinex in 2016. The charges agains...
The Bitfinex Hack Arrests and $3.6B in Recovered Bitcoin: What We Still Don’t Know
On February 8, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the arrest of Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan on charges of conspiracy to launder cryptocurrency stolen during the 2016 Bitfinex hack, and...
Judge Stops Release of Bitfinex Hack Laundering Suspects
Chief Judge Beryl Howell, of the U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., stayed an earlier order by a New York magistrate judge to release Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan on...
Concordium Blockchain’s CCD Token Debuts On Bitfinex and BitGlobal
Advertisement     Concordium, a public proof-of-stake blockchain with an integrated identity layer to meet legal standards, is pleased to announce the formal listing o...
What We Know About the Accused Bitfinex Money Launderers
Occasionally, Lichtenstein took to Twitter to warn people about the threat of hacks. After a post by one Twitter user saying, “when you buy an ape on opensea it should pop up a big red warning sign th...
Concordium Blockchain Officially Launches Its CCD Token On Bitfinex and BitGlobal
Zug, Switzerland, 10th February, 2022, Chainwire Concordium, a public, proof-of-stake blockchain with a built-in identification layer to meet the regulatory requirements, is thrilled to announce the o...
US Officials Seize $3.6B in Bitcoin From 2016 Bitfinex Hack
Some 120,000 BTC was stolen in the 2016 hack, then worth around $60 million and representing nearly one-sixth of the total trading volume at the time. At today’s prices, the total amount of bitc...
An In-Depth Look at the Couple Accused of Laundering 94,636 Bitcoin From the 2016 Bitfinex Hack – Featured Bitcoin News
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) arrested two individuals that are accused of an “alleged conspiracy to launder” 94,636 bitcoins stolen from Bitfinex in 2016. Interestingly, both of th...
“Comedy Rapper” And Husband Arrested For 2016 Bitfinex Hack
A New York couple was arrested on charges of money laundering and theft over the 2016 hack of the crypto exchange Bitfinex, where around $4.5 billion were stolen. BTC Recovered, Arrests Made In a sta...
US Justice Dept Seizes $3.6Bn Worth Bitcoin from 2016 Bitfinex Hack
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced today that they had seized $3.6 billion worth of Bitcoin Bitcoin Bitcoin is the world’s first digital currency that was created in 2009 by a mysterious...