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How Law Enforcement Tracked Down $3.6 Billion in Bitcoin
□ Feb 11 2022 □
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bitfinex hack
heather morgan
ilya lichtenstein
On Tuesday, the US government seized $3.6 billion in bitcoin from the 2016 Bitfinex hack and arrested two individuals, Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, on charges of money laundering. Tom Robinson, cofounder and chief scientist at the blockchain analytics firm Elliptic, breaks down how law enforcement was able to seize the BTC, what techniques the alleged money launderers used to avoid capture, and...