In 2016, approximately 120,000 bitcoin, then worth $71 million, were stolen in a hack on the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange. By 2022, as the value of the stolen cryptocurrency soared to $4.5 billion, law enforcement arrested Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan for their involvement in the theft and laundering of the funds, recovering $3.6 billion at the time.
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