A federal judge has sentenced Heather Morgan to 18 months in prison for her role in helping husband Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein clean stolen Bitcoin. CoinDesk reportsLichtenstein admits to hacking cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016 and stealing 120,000 bitcoins $71 million at that time (And about $11 billion at the time of this writing).
Before she was arrested, Morgan was a forbes And ink Blogger. When the Justice Department announced his arrest, the Internet took notice Also made crypto-themed rap videos By the name “Rajalekhan”. Hopefully the entire story will be immortalized in a Netflix documentary series and film called Dutch and Razlakhan.
morgan issued a statement onSaying that she would “soon tell my story, share my thoughts, and tell you about the creative and other endeavors I'm working on.”
Morgan pleaded guilty last year to helping her husband, Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein, hide stolen crypto through “sophisticated money-laundering techniques.” according to bloombergLichtenstein also pleaded guilty and pleaded guilty to his part. Ordered last week Agnipariksha will have to be spent in jail for five years. The outlet writes that both were given lenient sentences for cooperating with authorities in other investigations.