Couple behind Bitfinex money laundering scheme reach plea deal with US prosecutors By Cointelegraph

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The husband and wife alleged to have laundered billions of dollars worth of connected to the 2016 Bitfinex hack have reached a plea agreement with authorities in the United States.

According to records filed with U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia on July 21, Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan are scheduled to appear for an arraignment and hearing on Aug. 3 as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors. The pair had been charged with money laundering conspiracy and conspiracy to defraud the United States, and expected to forfeit digital assets connected to the case.