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New York couple accused of laundering cryptocurrency from $4.5 billion Bitfinex hack
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Federal law enforcement arrested a Manhattan couple Tuesday for allegedly conspiring to launder $4.5 billion worth of cryptocurrency stolen in a 2016 hack of virtual cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex. The Department of Justice said it so far has seized more than $3.6 billion in cryptocurrency tied to the hack, its largest recovery to date. The complaint accuses Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife, Heather Morgan, 31 of laundering the money over a course of five years, sometimes into their own financial …
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