"Bitfinex Hacker Confesses to Bitcoin Money Laundering in D.C. Plea"

Ilya "Dutch" Lichtenstein, a New York man, has pleaded guilty in federal court to being the original hacker behind the 2016 Bitfinex bitcoin hack, admitting to a conspiracy to launder the stolen cryptocurrency, which was valued at $4.5 billion. Lichtenstein's guilty plea came before his wife, Heather Rhiannon Morgan, was expected to appear in court for her own plea hearing. The couple was charged with attempting to launder over 119,000 bitcoin stolen in the hack, although they were not charged in the hack itself. Lichtenstein will remain in jail until sentencing and has agreed to cooperate with federal investigators.