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FBI seizes $3.6bn in Bitcoin after New York tech couple arrested over Bitfinex robbery – Ilya Lichtenstein (yes really) and partner cuffed via blockchain records Two New York-based tech entrepreneurs were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly conspiring to launder $4.5bn in stolen cryptocurrency, the US Department of Justice said, adding its so far recovered $3.6bn in purloined digicash – based on current prices. …
