A New York man on Thursday admitted being the original hacker of bitcoin in the 2016 hack on Bitfinex he pleaded guilty in federal court to a conspiracy to launder the stolen cryptocurrency, which ended up being worth $4.5 billion.
Until Thursday's admission in court by Lichtenstein, it was not publicly known who had hacked the bitcoin from the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex.
Morgan, an aspiring rapper known as "Razzlekahn" and "The Crocodile of Wall Street," was in court for her husband's plea hearing.
Lichtenstein and Morgan were charged in the case with attempting to launder more than 119,000 bitcoin stolen in the 2016 hack of the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex.
"In actuality, Lichtenstein and Morgan used the account to launder proceeds of thehack of" Bitfinex, the filing charges.
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