Bitfinex's hackers, Heather Rhiannon Morgan (also known as "Razzlekhan") and her husband Ilya "Dutch" Lichtenstein, have admitted their guilt in court. Heather confessed to being involved in a money laundering conspiracy related to the 2016 Bitfinex hack, during which over 119,756 Bitcoin were stolen from customers. Right after her plea, Ilya acknowledged that he was the mastermind behind the hack.

In Washington, D.C., federal court, Lichtenstein confessed to both stealing and laundering the funds, officially clearing the air on a years-long mystery around one of the largest thefts in Bitcoin history. At the time of the hack, the exchange’s stolen BTC was worth roughly $71 million but is worth $3.4 billion today.