By now, you have probably heard of New Yorkers, Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife, Heather Morgan, 31, who allegedly conspired to launder cryptocurrency worth $4.5 billion from cryptocurrency exchange site, Bitfinex in 2016.
Heather Morgan on TokTok. She told us long ago. @CryptosR_Us @TheCryptoviser @blockchainchick @TheCryptoLark @JRNYcrypto @cryptomanran @saylor pic.twitter.com/psRYUXxi0L
— Thomas Barrett (@barretto724) February 9, 2022
During the hack, 119,754 Bitcoins (worth $72 million at the time) were stolen. As part of their plot to launder the proceeds from the hack, the US Department Of Justice says that they purchased gold and NFTs and used some for personal use. So far, the government has seized $3.6 Billion in stolen Bitcoin linked to the hack.
Describing themselves as “serial entrepreneurs” enthusiastic about Tech, Lichtenstein had transferred some money in bitcoin into his companies, Endpass, a crypto-wallet company and Demandpath, a company involved in “boutique micro-fund investing in the next generation of promising technologies.”
In turn, Heather who has contributed articles to Inc. and Forbes, told the bank handling the account for her company, SalesFolk, that many of her clients wanted to pay her in Bitcoin. Besides this, she wanted to take some Bitcoin out of the ones her husband had given her for business expansion purposes.
Watch a video of her telling us how she became a billionaire at 23.
Here’s a video from Heather Morgan’s TikTok: pic.twitter.com/fb3otQOqKG
— Katherine Ross (@byKatherineRoss) February 8, 2022
Besides this, she offered fashion tips and interior decoration tips.
Now, what has come as a shock to many is the fact that while all of these was going under, Heather decided to manifest her dream of being a *wait for it* rapper.
This is a multi billion dollar money launderer pic.twitter.com/LZQg4IykY6
— nour+ (@NourHaridy) February 8, 2022
While DOJ notes that Heather who thinks herself an “irreverant comedic rapper” is “also known as RAZZLEKHAN,” she also identifies as the “Motherf**king crocodile of Wall Street.”
She raps, “following rules is for fools, instead I work the edge case with my tools.”
Check out one of her videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-38TQeQrQ88
In need of more, we’ve got you
If I have to suffer through this, so do you.
Heather Morgan — the woman arrested on suspicion of laundering crypto linked to the Bitfinex hack — is also an amateur rapper. pic.twitter.com/qAK9WUfZCy
— Connor Sephton (@ConnorSephton) February 8, 2022
She faces up to 20 years in prison.
