This Is the Couple Charged With Laundering Billions in Stolen Bitcoin
The New York Times
Before being accused in a major cryptocurrency conspiracy, Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan shared advice, ideas and amateur rap videos online.
Before they were charged on Tuesday with conspiring to launder $3.6 billion in Bitcoin stolen from one of the world’s largest virtual currency exchanges, Ilya Lichtenstein and his wife, Heather Morgan, dispensed advice and opinions on the cryptocurrency’s prospects and the importance of safeguarding your stash.
“Bitcoin will become a lesson in economics textbooks of the classic bubble riddled with scams,” Ms. Morgan wrote in a 2014 blog post.
Mr. Lichtenstein also appeared concerned about how people were caring for their crypto. In a November post on Twitter, he criticized a news article for including “almost nothing about how to secure your keys” — the digital passwords that allow owners to access their Bitcoin.
