DOJ seizes $3. 6B in bitcoins after busting entrepreneur couple in Bitfinex laundering scheme
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Feb 08 2022 at 8:13 PM GMT
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- The US Justice Department (DOJ) has seized over 94,000 bitcoins that were allegedly stolen in the 2016 hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex and arrested a married couple suspected to have laundered the money, the department announced today.
- The couple " Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, and Heather Morgan, 31 " faces charges of conspiring to launder money.
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- Published Feb 8, 2022 8:13 PM GMT