Five months after her arrest, a federal judge has given Heather Morgan, the accused Bitfinex BTC money launderer, permission to get a job and “engage in legitimate employment.”
Accused Bitfinex Bitcoin Money Launderer Granted Permission to 'Engage in Legitimate Employment'
On February 8, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice arrested a couple that is accused of laundering 94,636 bitcoins stolen from Bitfinex in 2016. The DOJ alleges that the tech entrepreneur, Ilya Lichtenstein, and his wife Heather Morgan, conspired to launder billions of dollars worth of bitcoin. The duo could face 25 years in federal prison if convicted. Five months later, a report indicates that a federal judge has given Morgan permission to get a job and “engage in legitimate employment.
, one of the accused Bitfinex money launderers, will be allowed to get a traditional job after a judge granted the former tech writer at Forbes the ability to work while her legal case continues. Morgan, who also performed as a New York street rapper called “Razzlekhan” or the “Crocodile of Wall Street,” is accused of an “alleged conspiracy to launder” 94,636 bitcoins which are currently worth $1.95 billion using currentexchange rates.
The two accused Bitfinex bitcoin money launderers Heather Rhiannon Morgan, 31 , and her husband Ilya Lichtenstein, 34 indicates that a federal judge has given Morgan permission to work amid her pre-trial release.
of acquiring pre-trial release for specific engagements like attending a funeral or engaging in employment. The judge presiding over Morgan’s case has allowed the former tech author and rapper to seek “legitimate employment.”
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