US accuses crypto-couple of laundering $4.5 bn bitcoin linked to 2016 Bitfinix hack
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A husband and wife duo were arrested in Manhattan on Tuesday and charged with attempting to launder $4.5 billion in stolen cryptocurrency. Federal prosecutors in the US charged Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife, Heather Morgan, 31, for an…