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Justice Department leaders are expanding their crackdown on cyber criminals and cryptocurrency abuse, a top official said
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said DOJ has a 12-member team led by a computer crimes prosecut…
C. Ryan Barber
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Heather Morgan, the rapper and wife in the NYC couple accused of laundering $4.5 billion of stolen bitcoin, can await trial at home
A judge likened the private crypto keys to a 'smoking gun' and ruled that Ilya Lichtenstein posed a…
C. Ryan Barber,Becky Peterson
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Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein: All the latest on the NYC couple arrested over alleged Bitfinex $4.5B bitcoin-laundering plot
Everything to know about the husband and wife techies that have been arrested and accused of launde…
Rob Price,Becky Peterson
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Agents had to 'wrest' a phone out of the hands of one of the accused bitcoin launderers as she repeatedly tried to lock the device
Heather Morgan and her husband Ilya Lichtenstein allegedly had a "contingency plan" to flee to East…
Rob Price,Becky Peterson
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'Crypto couple' husband confesses to being the original Bitfinex hacker during plea hearing
Ilya Lichtenstein pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder the stolen cryptocurrency, and even admit…
Michelle Mark
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The 'crypto couple' is set to plead guilty to $4.5 billion bitcoin heist. Here's how the saga unfolded.
Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, a couple known for walking a leashed Bengal cat, are set to p…
Michelle Mark
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Self-proclaimed 'Crocodile of Wall Street' gets tech job while under house arrest
Heather Morgan, known as "Razzlekhan" in rap videos and charged in a $4.5 billion crypto conspiracy…
Sindhu Sundar
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Meet the crypto 'Bonnie and Clyde': A TikTok rapper who calls herself the 'Crocodile of Wall Street' and her husband 'Dutch'. We look at their alleged links to the Bitfinex hack.
Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan behaved as if in a spy novel, the DOJ said in allegations they…
Shalini Nagarajan
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US Justice Department makes largest-ever financial seizure after recovering $3.6 billion worth of bitcoin tied to 2016 hack of Bitfinex
"Today, federal law enforcement demonstrates once again that we can follow money through the blockc…
Natasha Dailey
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Bitfinex cryptocurrency linked to 2016 hack soars 51% after US recovers $3.6 billion, raising hopes that the token will be burned
US authorities arrested Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, a rapper also known as Razzlekhan, fo…
Harry Robertson
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Suspect in 2016 Bitfinex bitcoin heist made raunchy TikTok raps on her 'hacker mindset' and wrote a cybersecurity article
Heather R. Morgan had an alter-ego as rapper "Razzlekhan," and dubbed herself the "Crocodile of Wal…
Natasha Dailey
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Bitcoin billionaire Mike Novogratz says the $3.6 billion Bitfinex hack recovery is bullish for crypto because it shows the strengths of the blockchain
"It's a good day for the crypto security companies," Galaxy Digital boss Mike Novogratz said after …
Harry Robertson
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A crypto trader who referred to himself as 'Coin Signals' was slapped with a 42 month prison sentence for defrauding 170 people
Jeremy Spence was convicted of soliciting $5 million by pretending his crypto trades were far more …
Cheryl Teh
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From the college kid who made millions on a meme stock to Kim Kardashian's crypto misadventures, here are 7 of the craziest stories from markets in 2022
This year was a doozy for markets. From Razzlekhan to Kim Kardashian's run-in with the SEC, here ar…
Jennifer Sor
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10 things before the opening bell
A word on the latest inflation data, a massive CryptoPunk auction, and stocks to buy in the current…
Phil Rosen
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10 Things in Tech: Samsung's new phones
In today's edition: Samsung gave us a glimpse at its new Galaxy S22 phones, and Porsche just broke …