A federal decide has sentenced Heather Morgan to 18 months in jail for her function in serving to husband Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein launder stolen Bitcoin. CoinDesk experiences. Lichtenstein admitted to hacking the Bitfinex cryptocurrency trade in 2016 and stealing 120,000 Bitcoins, value $71 million on the time (and practically $11 billion as of this writing).
Earlier than she was arrested, Morgan was a Forbes and Inc. blogger. When the Justice Division introduced her arrest, the web realized that she had additionally made crypto-themed rap movies beneath the title “Razzlekhan.” Your complete story is predicted to be immortalized in a Netflix documentary sequence and a film referred to as Dutch & Razzlekhan.
Morgan issued an announcement on X, saying he'll “quickly inform my story, share my ideas, and let you know extra concerning the inventive and different endeavors I've been engaged on.”
Morgan pleaded responsible final 12 months to serving to her husband, Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein, cover stolen crypto by “subtle cash laundering strategies,” in line with Bloomberg. Lichtenstein additionally pleaded responsible and was ordered final week to serve 5 years in jail for the ordeal. Each obtained lenient sentences for cooperating with authorities in different investigations, the publication writes.