Heather Morgan, tseem hu ua "Razzlekhan," ntawm lub xov tooj nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntawm Bitcoin logo. Morgan thiab nws tus txiv, Ilya Lichtensten, tau nyob rau hauv tsev hais plaub hnub Monday rau lub rooj sib hais plaub rau hnub Monday. Ob tus neeg raug liam tias tau laundering $ 4.4 billion tus nqi ntawm hacked Bitcoin. (Duab los ntawm OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP ntawm Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON - Hnub Monday, tsoomfwv tus kws txiav txim plaub ntug hauv Washington, DC tau hais kom ib tus neeg raug liam nyob rau hauv qhov kev iab liam loj ntawm Bitcoin-raws li nyiaj-laundering tswv yim yuav tsum raug tso tawm ntawm $ 3 lab daim ntawv cog lus, thaum nws tus txiv yuav tsum nyob hauv kev saib xyuas.
Thaum kawg ntawm lub rooj sib hais ntev li ib teev, Tus Thawj Kws Txiav Txim Beryl Howell ib nrab tau tso tseg cov lus foob hais tias Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, thiab nws tus poj niam Heather Morgan, 31, uas tau raug ntes lub lim tiam dhau los ntawm tsoomfwv cov nqi, tsis tuaj yeem tso cai rov qab mus rau tsev hais plaub. .
Morgan, uas tseem paub los ntawm nws rap alter-ego Razzlekhan, yuav raug tso tawm dawb, tab sis yuav tsum ua raws li tus kws txiav txim plaub hu ua "cov xwm txheej nruj heev" uas suav nrog hnav pob taws pob taws, txwv nws txoj kev nkag mus hauv Is Taws Nem thiab txwv tsis pub nws los ntawm kev koom nrog cryptocurrency. kev lag luam.
Tsoomfwv cov kws lij choj tau tshaj tawm lub lim tiam dhau los tias tsoomfwv tau txeeb ntau lab nyiaj daus las hauv bitcoins, thiab hais tias txoj haujlwm yog "kev txeeb nyiaj txiag loj tshaj plaws." Cov tub ceev xwm tau liam tias ob khub ntawm kev ntxhua khaub ncaws cov nyiaj tau los ntawm 2016 hack ntawm Bitfinex pauv. Lichtenstein thiab Morgan, ib zaug Forbes contributor, tsis tau raug liam ntawm perpetrating lub hack nws tus kheej. Cov neeg raug foob tsis tau nkag mus rau qhov kev thov raug cai, tab sis lawv cov kws lij choj tau hais hauv cov ntaub ntawv hauv tsev hais plaub yav dhau los tias muaj "ntau qhov tsis txaus ntawm tsoomfwv cov ntaub ntawv pov thawj thiab tsis muaj kev txhawb nqa, kev txiav txim siab leaps."
Thaum Lub Ib Hlis 31, cov kws lij choj hais tias, cov neeg tshawb xyuas tuaj yeem nkag mus rau Lichtenstein tus huab cia nyiaj, qhov chaw uas lawv tau tsoo rau hauv cov ntaub ntawv encrypted uas tsis yog tsuas yog muaj cov yuam sij ntiag tug - uas ua rau tsoomfwv tuav tswj hwm ntau lab tus nqi ntawm bitcoins - tab sis kuj yog ib daim ntawv nthuav qhia ntawm nws ntau yam crypto account, ntawm lwm yam ntaub ntawv.
Cov ntaub ntawv hauv tsev hais plaub kuj qhia tau tias tsoomfwv nyob "pom meej cov ntaub ntawv hnab nyiaj rau ntxiv cryptocurrency uas tsoomfwv tseem tsis tau txeeb tau." Ob peb ntawm cov ntaub ntawv no, "xws li kev hloov pauv ntawm lo lus ' qias neeg' hauv lawv cov npe, xws li 'dirty_wallet.dat.'" Tsoom fwv kuj lees tias nws pom cov folders hu ua "personas" thiab "passport tswv yim."
Catherine Pelker, tus kws lij choj ntawm tsoomfwv, tau taug kev tus kws txiav txim plaub ntug los ntawm tsoomfwv cov ntaub ntawv.
Tus kws txiav txim plaub Howell nug Pelker yog tias nrhiav cov yuam sij ntiag tug hauv Lichtenstein tus huab cia nyiaj yog "cov pov thawj ncaj qha ntawm cov nqi."
Pelker, tus kws tshaj lij cryptocurrency uas yav dhau los ua haujlwm ntawm FBI, tsis muaj tseeb.
"Yog, koj hwm," nws hais.
"Xav zoo li rab phom haus luam yeeb?" Tus Kws Txiav Txim Howell nug.
Pelker hais tias "Yog lawm, koj lub meej mom,"
Nyob rau lwm lub sijhawm thaum lub rooj sib hais, Tus Kws Txiav Txim Howell kuj tau nug ncaj qha rau Pelker seb tsoomfwv tau tswj hwm li cas los ntawm kev muaj zog encryption ntawm Lichtenstein cov ntaub ntawv khaws cia hauv huab tsis muaj npe.
Pelker tau muab ob peb cov ntsiab lus, tab sis tau hais tias "qee zaum koj kawm lwm yam uas tuaj yeem tso cai rau koj los ua cov kev xav paub ntau dua."
Lichtenstein thiab Morgan, uas tau npog ntsej muag thiab hnav khaub ncaws tsaus ntuj, lub tsho luv luv hauv tsev loj cuj thaum lub rooj sib hais, zaum ntawm ib sab thiab tshwm sim thiab saib xyuas, nrog Lichtenstein hla ntau daim ntawv rau lawv tus kws lij choj. Tib lub sijhawm lawv hais rau lub tsev hais plaub yog teb rau cov lus nug los ntawm tus kws txiav txim plaub txog lawv txoj kev nkag siab txog kev tsis sib haum xeeb ntawm kev txaus siab uas tuaj yeem tshwm sim los ntawm lawv sib koom tus kws lij choj.
Rau nws feem, tus kws lij choj tiv thaiv Samson Enzer siv feem ntau ntawm nws cov kev siv zog qhia txog ntau yam kev sib raug zoo uas khub muaj rau Asmeskas, qhia tias lawv yuav tsis khiav. Qhov ntawd suav nrog taw qhia tias txawm tias Lichtenstein yug hauv tebchaws Russia, nws niam nws txiv tau "nyob hauv nroog Chicago tau ntau xyoo." Morgan cov niam txiv tseem nyob rau sab qaum teb California, qhov chaw nws loj hlob.
Ob tus neeg raug foob cov niam txiv saib tsis zoo thaum lawv nkag mus hauv chav tsev hais plaub, nqa cov hnab ev ntawv thiab hnab yas khoom noj, thiab tsis kam tham nrog cov neeg sau xov xwm hauv tsev hais plaub.
"Lawv tau ua lawv txoj sia nyob ntawm no," Enzer hais, hais txog cov neeg raug foob, Lichtenstein thiab Morgan. "Lawv yuav tsis xav tso lawv tseg."
Enzer kuj tau hais txog qhov tseeb tias nkawm niam txiv hluas yuav tsis muaj peev xwm muaj menyuam tshwj tsis yog Morgan muaj kev sib deev hauv vitro thiab nws cov qe twb khov lawm ntawm qhov chaw hauv New York. Xws li, tus kws lij choj kws lij choj tau sib cav, qhov no yog lwm qhov laj thawj vim li cas tus duo yuav nyob hauv Tebchaws Meskas thiab teb rau qhov kev foob txhaum cai.
Nws tau hais tias "Lawv yuav raug tso tseg lawv lub neej yav tom ntej," nws hais.
Nyob rau ntawm ib kis, Enzer tau hu cov pov thawj tshwj xeeb tawm tsam Morgan "flimsy," kwv yees tias nws tuaj yeem yog tus neeg tsis txaus siab tau txais ntawm hacked bitcoins. Tus Kws Txiav Txim Howell tau taw qhia tias cov lus tsis tseeb Morgan tau liam tias tau ua thaum qhib nyiaj txiag thiab tham nrog tus accountant ua rau nws paub tias nws ua dab tsi.
Tus kws txiav txim plaub Howell, uas tau ua tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm rooj plaub ua ntej uas cuam tshuam nrog kev laundering cryptocurrency, zoo li nyiam nrog cov lus siv rau hnub Monday, hais txog cov yuam sij ntiag tug, encryption, blockchain, thiab lwm yam lus zoo li lawv yog ib feem ntawm nws cov lus niaj hnub.
Txawm li cas los xij, txawm tias muaj kev tiv thaiv zoo hauv tsev hais plaub, Tus Kws Txiav Txim Siab Howell tau tsis ntseeg txog Enzer qhov kev sib cav tag nrho, txawm tias nws tau tso cai rau Morgan thaum kawg.
"Lub blockchain tawm txoj hauv kev meej rau cov neeg uas txaus siab ua raws nws," tus kws txiav txim plaub tau hais.
Txog tam sim no, tsis muaj lub rooj sib hais ntxiv lawm.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2022/02/14/alleged-bitcoin-money-launderer-razzlekhan-to-be-released-husband-remains-behind-bars/