Netflix has ordered a documentary series about a married couple’s alleged scheme to launder $4.5 billion in bitcoin from the 2016 Bitfinex hack. crypto cryptocurrency $BTC
Aspiring rapper Heather Morgan and her husband, Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein, were arrested in New York this week. The Department of Justice also seized 94,636 bitcoins stolen from the Bitfinex hack.American subscription streaming service and production company Netflix announced Friday that it “has ordered a documentary series about a married couple’s alleged scheme to launder billions of dollars worth of stolen cryptocurrency in the biggest criminal financial crime case in history.
The company explained that Chris Smith — famed for directing “FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened” and “Tiger King” — is set to direct and executive produce the Bitfinex documentary series. In addition, writer and producer Nick Bilton — famed for “Fake Famous,” “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley,” and “American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road” — is set to executive produce the Bitfinex documentary series.bitcoin worth over $4 billion from a 2016 hack of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex.
While Lichtenstein, who holds dual U.S. and Russian citizenship, co-founded Mixrank, a Y-Combinator backed startup, Morgan is an aspiring rapper under the name Razzlekahn. The 31-year-old rapper and former Forbes contributor described herself as an “irreverent comedic rapper” and “crocodile of Wall Street.” The videos of her rapping were widely mocked on social media after her arrest.Tuesday that Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife, Morgan, 31, have been arrested for “alleged conspiracy to launder $4.5 billion in stolen cryptocurrency” from the 2016 Bitfinex hack.
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