https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4awqbm/feds-arrest-couple-who-allegedly-laundered-dollar1-billion-in-stolen-bitcoins > The police arrested a couple accused of laundering cryptocurrency stolen in the 2016 hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex.   > The Department of Justice announced the arrests and indictment of Russian-U.S. national Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife, Heather Morgan, 31, in a press release on Tuesday. Prosecutors accused Lichtenstein and Morgan of attempting to launder almost 120,000 BTC (currently worth around $5 billion) through a wallet owned by Lichtenstein.