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#45 Ilya Lichtenstein, 119000 Stolen Bitcoins, the USSS, and The Truth


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Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather "Razzlekhan" Morgan. Charged for trying to launder $4.5 billion in Bitcoins stolen from Bitfinex in 2016. Both facing 25 years in prison.

But no one has been charged with the theft. Who did it? Maybe Ilya's father might have an idea. After all, he was a confirmed cybercriminal who breached not only USSS computers, but also servers at the First National Bank and Trust of Indiana in the mid-2000s. Only no one knew until episode 45 of The Brett Johnson Show. Well, almost no one....

Former US Most Wanted Cybercriminal turned Good Guy and Chief Criminal Officer of Arkose Labs, Brett Johnson, continues looking at the Ilya Lichtenstein story. Was Ilya capable of the theft? Or was he an idiot?

Who gave Ilya Lichtenstein 119,000 stolen bitcoins? Why did Ilya stop laundering?

And did Ilya's father, Eugene, have a very special job?

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