BlockBeats news, on November 19, according to Cointelegraph, Washington, D.C. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly sentenced Heather Morgan (rapper “Razzlekhan”), one of the suspects in the Bitfinex hacking case, to 18 months in a hearing on November 18. months in prison.
In August 2023, Morgan pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and fraud charges. She was the wife and co-conspirator of Ilya Lichtenstein, a hacker who stole 120,000 Bitcoins from the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016 and laundered the money.
On November 14, Judge Kollar-Kotelly sentenced Lichtenstein to five years in prison, well below the 20 years allowed under sentencing guidelines. Prosecutors noted that the hacker had provided “substantial assistance” in other investigations and had no previous criminal record.