The couple charged with trying to launder $4.5 billion in stolen cryptocurrency are asking for a delay in the case “to facilitate the discovery process and plea discussions.”
Lawyers for Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan filed a joint letter with prosecutors Monday asking a federal judge in Washington to postpone a hearing scheduled for Friday until May 4.
The pair were arrested on Feb. 8 and charged with conspiring to launder 119,754 Bitcoin stolen after a hacker breached Bitfinex’s systems. The two had colorful social media accounts ahead of their arrests, with Morgan styling herself as the “
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