Ilya Lichtenstein, who last month agreed to forfeit billions in a plea deal for his role in laundering funds from a 2016 hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex, has now admitted he was the hacker.

Although it has long been suspected either Lichtenstein or his wife, Heather Morgan, were the ones who stole 120,900 Bitcoin, it’s only now been confirmed. The new detail was originally reported by CNBC on Thursday.

The couple appeared at a sentencing hearing today in Washington D.C. 

During the court hearing, the Bitfinex hacker also admitted that he and his wife converted some of the stolen crypto assets to gold coins and buried them. According to CNBC’s account of the hearing, Lichtenstein flew to Ukraine and Kazakhstan to convert the crypto to cash before depositing the funds in an American bank account.

Lichtenstein and Morgan (also known by her rapper name “Razzlekhan”) were arrested early last year on charg

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