„The department once again showed how it can and will follow the money,” Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said. Officials in the United States have arrested and confirmed the seizure of $3.6 billion in cryptocurrency, over 5 years after hackers took 119,756 Bitcoin (BTC) from the Bitfinex exchange.The US Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that it had issued the arrest of Ilya Lichtenstein and his wife Heather Morgan for purportedly plotting to launder cryptocurrency linked to the 2016 Bitfinex attack. The 119,756 Bitcoin (BTC) worth $72 million when hackers attacked the exchange’s security in August 2016 is currently worth over $5.1 billion.People affected by the stolen coins have frequently moved tiny amounts of BTC in multiple transactions ever since the 2016 breach, leaving the majority of the assets unaltered.According to the Department of Justice, 25,000 BTC of these moved funds were linked to financial accounts managed by Lichtenstein and Morgan. After a search order e
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