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‘Bitcoin Bonnie and Clyde’ Plead Guilty to Billion Dollar Crypto Laundering Scheme
On Thursday, Heather Morgan, a.k.a. Razzlekhan, and her husband pleaded guilty to orchestrating a massive money laundering scheme. Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein became known as the modern-day “Bitcoin Bonnie and Clyde” after they were linked to the 2016 theft of $US4.5 billion in crypto from the Hong Kong-based exchange Bitfinex. The FBI cornered and arrested the…
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Massive Internet Identity Theft Marketplace Shut Down by Feds
On Tuesday, the Justice Department announced that a group of darkweb domains, collectively known as the SSNDOB Marketplace, had been taken offline. The websites were reportedly used to sell data like individuals’ names, Social Security numbers, and birthdates — predominately targeting those in the U.S.