Who is Heather Morgan’s husband Ilya Lichtenstein and how long was his Bitfinex crypto theft jail sentence? [Video]

ILYA Lichtenstein hacked into Bitfinex in 2016, beginning a scheme which would eventually see his wife launder billions of dollars in Bitcoin.

His shocking heist will be explored in the Netflix documentary Biggest Heist Ever, which will be available to stream from December 6, 2024. 

Ilya Lichtenstein was born in Russia but grew up in the United States. 

He married Heather Morgan, an entrepreneur who owned an email marketing firm named SalesFolk. 

Morgan also had an online rap persona named Razzlekhan, which went viral online after the couple’s crimes were uncovered. 

She described herself as the “Crocodile of Wall Street” and dedicated a song to “the entrepreneurs and hackers, all the misfits and smart slackers”.

Lichtenstein hacked into Bitfinex in 2016 and began a heist which would eventually see his wife launder $4.5 billion in Bitcoin. 

The couple would hide the stolen currency in online wallets, under fake identities.

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