Man Behind $4,500,000,000 Bitfinex Hack Turns Into Federal Witness in Money Laundering Trial
The infamous hacker who orchestrated the massive 2016 exploit of the crypto exchange Bitfinex has reportedly turned into a government witness. In 2022, Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan – known as the “crypto couple” – were arrested for conspiring to launder $4.5 billion worth of stolen crypto assets from the Bitfinex hack. They pled guilty...