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The US seized about $3.6 billion in Bitcoin stolen during a 2016 hack of the Bitfinex currency exchange — the largest financial seizure ever —and arrested two people, the Justice Department said.
Ilya Lichtenstein and his wife, Heather Morgan — who billed herself as “The Crocodile of Wall Street” and “Razzlekhan,” — were detained in the morning and by late afternoon appeared at federal court in Manhattan. The two — who appear to have had colourful social media accounts ahead of their arrests —allegedly conspired to launder 119,754 bitcoins stolen after a hacker breached Bitfinex’s systems.
“Today’s arrests, and the Department’s largest
