According to court documents, a New York couple accused of laundering $4.5 billion worth of cryptocurrencies related to the hacking of the Bitfinex exchange in 2016 has entered into a plea agreement with the federal prosecutor’s office. 
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 Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan are scheduled to appear at a plea hearing early next month. Federal prosecutors allege that the couple colluded with “other persons known and unknown to the grand jury.”
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Morgan, known as the Razzlekhan rap singer, was arrested along with Liechtenstein last year. She is charged with conspiracy to launder money and defraud the United States. 
Earlier, a district court judge signed a court order in this case, indicating that it would concern “classified information related to national security”, which only people with special access can access. 
This month, Bitfinex paid $312,000 in cash and almost $2,000 in Bitcoin Cash to customers affected by the 2016 hack.

The spouses who laundered the cryptocurrency stolen from Bitfinex pleaded guilty

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