Largest-ever seizure: 'Crocodile of Wall Street' held in giant crypto bust

The couple conspired to launder 119,754 bitcoins in 2016 that's now worth $4.5 billion

The US seized about $3.6 billion in Bitcoin stolen during a 2016 hack of the Bitfinex currency exchange — the largest financial seizure ever —and arrested two people, the Justice Department said. 

Ilya Lichtenstein and his wife, Heather Morgan — who billed herself as “The Crocodile of Wall Street” and “Razzlekhan,” — were detained in the morning and by late afternoon appeared at federal court in Manhattan. The two — who appear to have had colourful social media accounts ahead of their arrests —allegedly conspired to launder 119,754 bitcoins stolen after a hacker breached Bitfinex’s systems. 

“Today’s arrests, and the Department’s largest