: Though initially only charged with laundering, Ilya Lichtenstein eventually admitted to being the original hacker behind the 2016 breach of the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange.
In the annals of white-collar crime, few stories are as surreal as that of and Heather "Razzlekhan" Morgan . Featured in the American Greed episode " The Accused Crypto Couple " , this duo was arrested in February 2022 for a massive conspiracy to launder approximately 119,754 Bitcoin —valued at roughly $4.5 billion at the time of their capture. The Mastermind and the Muse [S16E10] The Accused Crypto Couple
To hide their tracks, the couple employed a "labyrinth" of sophisticated techniques. According to court documents and investigators from the , their methods included: The Accused Crypto Couple–American Greed Podcast : Though initially only charged with laundering, Ilya