“A US federal court sentenced Heather Morgan to 18 months in prison for her role in laundering 119,754 BTC stolen from the Bitfinex exchange in 2016. This was reported by CoinDesk. Her husband Ilya Lichtenstein, who organized the attack, received a five-year term on November 14. The couple was detained in February 2022. Then 94,643 BTC (approximately $3.6 billion at the time) was withdrawn from the couple. In August 2023, both admitted themselves […]”, — write: businessua.com.ua
A US federal court sentenced Heather Morgan to 18 months in prison for her role in laundering 119,754 BTC stolen from the Bitfinex exchange in 2016. It is reported CoinDesk.
Her husband Ilya Lichtenstein, who organized the attack, received a five-year term on November 14.
The couple was detained in February 2022. Then 94,643 BTC (approximately $3.6 billion at the time) was withdrawn from the couple.
In August 2023, both pleaded guilty to money laundering, but Lichtenstein denied his role in the hack. According to the charges, he faced up to 20 years in prison, and his wife – up to ten.
Given Morgan’s cooperation with the investigation, prosecutors requested 18 months in prison for her.
“I am very sorry and deeply regret the choice I made. I spent my time and energy doing harm instead of good. And I am ashamed of it,” she said during the hearing.
The defense sought to limit the sentence to 17 days in jail after her arrest and house arrest, which Morgan has been under since then.
However, the indictment said she was “deeply involved” in sophisticated schemes to launder Liechtenstein’s stolen bitcoins.
Judge Colleen Collar-Cotelli said Morgan’s actions were premeditated and planned and she had not voluntarily stopped breaking the law before her arrest.
“The damage I caused will haunt me for the rest of my life,” the accused expressed remorse.
A few hours after the verdict, Morgan posted a video in which she said that she had remained silent on the advice of her lawyers.
My statement 🧞♀️#razzlekhan pic.twitter.com/janr9RD1Q2
— Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan (@HeatherReyhan) November 18, 2024
“It’s all over and I’m so excited to be able to tell my story, share my thoughts, and tell you more about my creativity and other endeavors I’ve been working on,” she said.
Before her arrest, Morgan was known as a rapper under the nickname Razzlekhan, a blogger and an active social media influencer.
It will be recalled that in January, Amazon MGM Studios launched the production of a feature film about the Bitfinex hack.
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