August 03, 2023
A married New York City couple pled guilty to money laundering conspiracy after prosecutors accused them of hacking into cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and siphoning billions of dollars in bitcoin.
May 31, 2022
Federal prosecutors told a D.C. federal court that they need more time to sort through financial records and to pursue a plea deal with a couple accused of laundering bitcoins stolen from cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex worth billions of dollars.
February 24, 2022
A man charged along with his wife in a scheme to launder stolen bitcoin, which ultimately was worth billions of dollars, from a cryptocurrency exchange remained behind bars Thursday as prosecutors continued to gear up their case in D.C. federal court.
February 14, 2022
A D.C. federal judge on Monday released from jail one half of the couple facing charges that they laundered $3.6 billion worth of bitcoin stolen in the 2016 attack on the Bitfinex exchange that the government seized last week, while the other will remain in custody.