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Two people have been arrested on suspicion of conspiring to launder $405 billion in cryptocurrency that was stolen

  • 👤 Mr. Wesley Erickson
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  • ⏰ Published: 2024-01-07 Time: 23:22:01
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Two individuals were arrested this morning in Manhattan for an alleged conspiracy to launder cryptocurrency that was stolen during the 2016 hack of Bitfinex, a virtual currency exchange, presently valued at approximately $4.5 billion. Thus far, law enforcement has seized over $3.6 billion in cryptocurrency linked to that hack.

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Updated May 27, 2022

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