The Lingering Mystery of the Rapper Who Allegedly Laundered $1B in Bitcoin
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jgmvz4/the-lingering-mystery-of-the-rapper-who-allegedly-laundered-dollar1b-in-bitcoin
In 2016, someone hacked the crypto exchange Bitfinex and made off with 120,000 BTC. At the time, the bitcoins were worth $65 million. Now they’re worth around $5 billion.
On February 7, authorities in the U.S. arrested Ilya Lichtenstein and his wife, Heather Morgan. The charge? Allegedly the couple laundered around $1 billion in stolen Bitcoin. As news of the charges spread, journalists began to dig into the couple and discovered that Morgan was extremely online. A wannabe rapper, Morgan has posted dozens of YouTube videos, TikToks, and contributed to Forbes.
The Lingering Mystery of the Rapper Who Allegedly Laundered $1B in Bitcoin
Feb 11, 2022, 2:14pm UTC
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jgmvz4/the-lingering-mystery-of-the-rapper-who-allegedly-laundered-dollar1b-in-bitcoin
> In 2016, someone hacked the crypto exchange Bitfinex and made off with 120,000 BTC. At the time, the bitcoins were worth $65 million. Now they’re worth around $5 billion.
> On February 7, authorities in the U.S. arrested Ilya Lichtenstein and his wife, Heather Morgan. The charge? Allegedly the couple laundered around $1 billion in stolen Bitcoin. As news of the charges spread, journalists began to dig into the couple and discovered that Morgan was extremely online. A wannabe rapper, Morgan has posted dozens of YouTube videos, TikToks, and contributed to Forbes.