The US Department of Justice announces the arrest of Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan -- known online as "Razzlekhan," a self-described rapper and Forbes contributor -- for conspiring to launder 119,754 BTC stolen in the 2016 Bitfinex hack. At the time of seizure, the bitcoin was worth approximately $3.6 billion, the largest financial seizure in DOJ history. The couple's bumbling attempts to launder the funds through elaborate chains of transactions were unraveled by IRS-CI blockchain analysis. Morgan's cringeworthy rap videos went viral after the arrest, adding an absurd dimension to one of crypto's biggest heists.
DOJ: Bitfinex Hack Arrests