The US government has now surpassed MicroStrategy and Tesla as one of the largest Bitcoin holders, with over 205,000 BTC in...

As of March 25, 2023, the U.S. government held 205,515 bitcoins worth $5.6 billion, which is approximately 1.06% of the circulating supply, according...

Following the federal judge’s decision to give the accused Bitfinex money launderer Heather Morgan permission to “engage in legitimate employment,” Morgan has broken her...

Federal authorities tracked down and seized more than 94,000 bitcoin allegedly stolen from Bitfinex. But how did they get their hands on the pseudonymous funds?

The US Justice Department has formed a new federal crypto unit and appointed its first Director. Announced yesterday, the Department named Eun Young Choi to serve as the first Director of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET). Eun Young Choi is a prosecutor who led a case against a Russian hacker that helped steal information […]

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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, age 31, have been charged with laundering funds garnered through a massive $3.6 billion cryptocurrency hack that targeted popular digital...

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.With February in full swing, let's take a look back at the biggest news stories from the worlds of Forex, Fintech and Crypto, in our best of the week segment.

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” Lichtenstein, were arrested in New York this week. The Department of Justice (DOJ) also seized 94,636 bitcoins stolen from the Bitfinex hack. Documentary Series About the […]

The Netflix documentary will be about a New York-based couple and their link to laundering nearly 120,000 BTC tied to the crime.

The producers of ‘Tiger King’ and ‘FYRE’ are teaming together to create a new Netflix series based on the true-life story of Ilya ‘Dutch’ Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, who was arrested this week on charges of conspiring to launder $4.5 billion in Bitcoin. A total of $3.6 billion was seized by the authorities.  Netflix said today that it has approved a documentary series about the couple accused of attempting to launder funds obtained from the 2016 Bitfinex hack, one of the largest exchange hacks in Bitcoin history. This is the firm’s newest move into the crypto-crime world. Last year, Netflix announced the release of  ‘Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King’, a film about the QuadrigaCX exchange, whose founder Gerald Cotten died suddenly while controlling the keys to users’ wallets, resulting in the loss of millions of dollars in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Lichtenstein and Morgan were detained in New York on Tuesday and charged with fraud and money laundering for allegedly attempting to launder 120,000 bitcoins over a period of time. Officials from the Justice Department allege they did so by using Bitcoin ATMs, altcoin transactions, and non-fungible token purchases. On the day of their arrest, the two appeared in federal court and will face a new bail hearing on Monday. Morgan had a larger social media presence than Lichtenstein, the founder of the now-defunct blockchain business Endpass. The crypto entrepreneur was active on TikTok and Instagram and had a collection of NFTs on OpenSea until recently. She also went by the stage name “Razzlekhan’ Morgan, who was the CEO of Endpass. She also contributed to Forbes, where she penned many pieces, one of which was titled ‘Protect Your Business from Cybercriminals.’ Chris Smith will direct and executive produce the new series alongside Nick Bilton, who directed the documentary ‘FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened’ and worked as an executive producer on ‘Tiger King.’ Bilton published the book ‘American Kingpin,’ on the hunt for Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht, and produced the Elizabeth Holmes documentary ‘The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley.’ Morgan and Lichtenstein may face up to 25 years in jail if convicted.

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On Tuesday, the US government seized $3.6 billion in bitcoin from the 2016 Bitfinex hack and arrested two individuals, Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, on charges of money laundering. Tom[...]

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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 the suspects are known individuals within the tech industry as Ilya Lichtenstein was the co-founder of Mixrank, a Y-Combinator backed startup and Heather Morgan was […]