# Couple arrested in alleged $4.5 billion cryptocurrency laundering scheme

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- Published: 2022-02-11T09:15:00-06:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Photo: Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein were arrested for an alleged cryptocurrency laundering scheme. Instagram / heatherreyhan. Article by Ben Feuerherd and Tamar Lapin. New York Post – February 8, 2022. A married couple was busted in Manhattan on Tuesday for allegedly trying to launder roughly $4.5 billion in cryptocurrency stolen during a massive 2016 hack, federal prosecutors said. Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein, 34, and his rapper wife, Heather Morgan, 31, are accused of conspiring to wash the proceeds of […] Click here to view original web page at nypost.com Curated by John Wysocki See Full Bio