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Couple admit laundering $4B of stolen Bitfinex Bitcoins
- phartenfeller 3y agoInteresting case and persons! Netflix already ordered a docuseries [1] and I guess Hollywood could pick that up. Imagine pulling the coup where any bank robbers get envious (by value stolen). But now you sit on a massive pile of crypto that you are unable to convert it into real money. [1]: https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/netflix-bitcoin-heather-morgan-ilya-lichtenstein-illya-1235178868/amp/ https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/netflix-bitcoin-heather-mor...
- appleflaxen 3y agoThe issue wasn't the inability to convert it: it was the inability to spend it without being tracked.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoPrevious: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30260787 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30260787 Statement of Facts: https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1470186/download https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1470186/downl...