US Urges Five Years for Mastermind of $6 Billion Crypto Heist
- Ilya Lichtenstein pled guilty to 2016 Bitfinex exchange hack
- He and rapper-wife Razzlekhan conspired to launder proceeds
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The mastermind of one of the biggest cryptocurrency heists ever should spend five years in prison for a money-laundering conspiracy tied to the $6 billion hack of the Bitfinex exchange, US prosecutors told a judge.
Ilya Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty last year, should spend more time behind bars than his rapper wife and co-conspirator Heather Morgan, the government said Tuesday in a court filing. Last week, prosecutors said Morgan, who’d dubbed herself the “Crocodile of Wall Street,” should get 18 months in prison.