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 ...
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IRA Financial Trust hack: $ 36 million in crypto stolen
The IRA Financial Trust has admitted a hack suffered by some of its clients that would have led to a total theft of $36 million in cryptocurrencies. Gemini blameless That’s reported by Bloomberg, whi...
Crypto.com Reveals 483 Accounts Compromised in Recent Hack — $34 Million in Bitcoin, Ether Stolen – Coinotizia
Crypto.com has revealed that 483 user accounts were compromised in the recent hack that resulted in unauthorized withdrawals of about $34 million in cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin and ether. None...
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 ...
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...
How a hack, a bug of $80 million, turned out to be the reason for a crypto firm breaking up!
Lately, a bug was reported on a finance platform that then lost millions worth of coins and broke so much that they might not be able to continue their operation. The announcement by Bunny Finance an...
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...
Netflix will do series on accused bitcoin hack money launderers
The bizarre case of a New York couple accused of trying to launder $4.5 billion in bitcoin stolen by a 2016 hack will be the subject of a docuseries on Netflix, the streaming company said Friday. The ...
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 ...
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...
DeFi hack: DEGO Finance loses over $10M, urges exchanges to stop all deposits
Another day, yet another exploit in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space gets reported. DeFi has been one of the fastest-growing segments in the crypto space this year. The space also garnered the i...
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...
2016 Bitfinex hack: U.S arrests accused couple, seizes stolen Bitcoins worth $3.6B
The United States Government now controls one of the wealthiest Bitcoin wallets, as the Department of Justice seized$3.6 billion in stolen cryptocurrency from the 2016 hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex...
Police Arrests 2 Suspects Involved in 2016 Bitfinex Hack
In an investigation that ran for over five years, the United States law enforcement has arrested a Manhattan-based couple identified as Lichtenstein and Morgan. They were suspected to be a part of the...
‘Comedic rapper’ charged over Bitfinex hack laundering out on bail
New York resident Heather Morgan, 31, claims to be many things: “a serial entrepreneur, prolific writer, irreverent comedic rapper, and investor in B2B software companies with high growth potential.” ...
Justice Department Recovers Bitfinex Hack Funds In Largest Ever Financial Seizure
The FBI has arrested a husband and wife in Manhattan for allegedly conspiring to launder swaths of Bitcoin connected to the 2016 Bitfinex exchange hack. According to Reuters, over $3.6 billion worth o...
$4.4M Stolen in Hack of Blockchain Infrastructure Firm Meter
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Justice Department Seizes Over $3.6 Billion Worth of Bitcoin Linked to Bitfinex Hack
The U.S. Justice Department has seized $3.6 billion worth of Bitcoin, marking the largest seizure of cryptocurrency of all time and the biggest financial seizure ever. In a statement, the Justice Depa...
Data Shows Bitfinex Hack Woke Up Largest Ever 5yr+ Bitcoin Supply
Bitcoin on-chain data shows the recent movement of the coins involved in the 2016 Bitfinex hack have showed up as the largest ever spike in the 5+ years old supply revival metric. Movement Of 2016 Bit...
US Seizes 94,636 Bitcoin From 2016 Bitfinex Hack in ‘Largest Crypto Seizure to Date’ — 2 People Arrested – Exchanges Bitcoin News
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced the seizure of 94,636 bitcoins directly linked to the 2016 hack of the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex. This is the DOJ’s “largest cryptocurrency se...
Feds Seize $3.6 Billion In Stolen Bitcoin, Arrest Couple Five Years After Massive Crypto Exchange Hack
Topline U.S. authorities arrested a New York City couple Tuesday for allegedly conspiring to launder $4.5 billion worth of bitcoin stolen during a hack of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016, $3....
DoJ seizes $3.6B in crypto and arrests two in connection with 2016 Bitfinex hack
Authorities in the United States have made arrests and announced the seizure of $3.6 billion in cryptocurrency more than five years after hackers stole 119,756 Bitcoin (BTC) from the Bitfinex exchange...
DoJ Seizes $3.6B in Bitcoin From 2016 Bitfinex Hack
Share this article The $3.6 billion sum makes it the Department of Justice’s largest financial seizure in history. DoJ Recovers Funds From Bitfinex Hack U.S. officials have just confirmed the largest...