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DOJ arrests New York couple and seizes $3.6 billion in bitcoin related to 2016 hack

Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan were arrested Tuesday in Manhattan on money laundering and conspiracy charges.
The Bitcoin logo is displayed on the screen of a Bitcoin ATM in Los Angeles. The Justice Department a New York couple has been charged with conspiring to launder billions of dollars' worth of stolen bitcoin.

The Justice Department has seized around $3.6 billion in cryptocurrency tied to the 2016 hack of a virtual currency exchange, and arrested a New York couple charged with conspiring to launder billions of dollars'

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