Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan, the rapper-turned-Bitcoin-thief, was sentenced to 18 months in a U.S. federal prison on Monday for her role in the infamous 2016 Bitfinex hack, which saw Morgan and her husband steal $10.8 billion worth of BTC (by today’s price) from the crypto exchange. 

Morgan received her sentence on Monday afternoon at a federal courthouse in Washington, D.C. Last week, her husband Ilya Lichtenstein was sentenced to 5 years in prison for his leading role in orchestrating the couple’s hack of Bitfinex, and then subsequently laundering over 119,000 stolen BTC through various coin mixers and darknet markets. 

“The last three years I’ve been battling a fed case, and I like to listen to my lawyers, Morgan said Monday in a statement posted to X. “Well, guess what, it’s over, and I’m very excited that I will soon be telling my story, sharing my thoughts, and telling you more about the creative and other endeavors, I’ve been working on.”

The sentencing concludes the saga of one of the largest cyber thefts in history. After years of mystery following Bitfinex’s hack, Morgan and Lichtenstein were
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