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Welcome to the future of financial crime!
On Tuesday, federal agents arrested a Manhattan couple on charges of laundering around $4.5 billion (yes, with a B!) in Bitcoin, stolen during a massive 2016 hack of Hong Kong-based virtual currency exchange, Bitfinex. The duo is accused of conspiring to "wash" 119,754 Bitcoin through a way-too-elaborate-to-follow scheme, using fake identities, multiple online accounts, and shady cyber software. And they would've gotten away with it too if it weren't for those meddling IRS, FBI, and Department of Homeland Security agents!
These must be some sophisticated evil geniuses, no? Well, as it turns out, Heather Morgan, 31, and husband Ilya "Dutch" Lichtenstein, 34, are kind of, like, freaky weirdos. As in, Heather is a wannabe rapper and #GirlBoss and Ilya is a dual Russian citizen (spooky!). But seriously, the more we find out about these two, the more our minds are blown. Click through for the most head-scratching details about the world's biggest crypto criminals.
[Photos via @heatherreyhan, @razzlekhan]
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