美國將2016年Bitfinex加密貨幣交易所入侵五年的主要人物關進監獄

Ilya Lichtenstein 從交易所偷走了近 12 萬比特幣，並在妻子的幫助下洗錢

A key figure behind the 2016 breach at crypto exchange Bitfinex has been sentenced to five years in prison by a US court for stealing close to 120,000 Bitcoin.

2016 年加密貨幣交易所 Bitfinex 違規事件的幕後關鍵人物因盜竊近 12 萬枚比特幣而被美國法院判處五年監禁。

Ilya Lichtenstein, now 35 years old, breached Bitfinex and stole around $69 million worth of the cryptocurrency, per the exchange rate at the time, and siphoned it from the exchange into his own wallet over the course of more than 2,000 transactions.

現年35 歲的伊利亞·利希滕斯坦(Ilya Lichtenstein) 入侵了Bitfinex，按照當時的匯率竊取了價值約6,900 萬美元的加密貨幣，並透過2,000 多筆交易將其從交易所轉移到自己的錢包中。

He and his wife, Heather Morgan, who also goes by "Razzlekhan" when she performs rap songs and promotes her music, both pleaded guilty to later laundering the proceeds.

他和他的妻子希瑟·摩根（Heather Morgan）在表演說唱歌曲和推廣她的音樂時也被稱為“Razzlekhan”，兩人都承認後來洗錢的罪名。

Lichtenstein carried out the attack on Bitfinex after reluctantly leaving marketing company MixRank in 2016, which he co-founded in 2011, court documents state. It was a "painful decision" he made following a "bitter disagreement" with his fellow co-founder.

法庭文件稱，Lichtenstein 在 2016 年不情願地離開了他於 2011 年共同創立的營銷公司 MixRank 後，對 Bitfinex 發起了攻擊。這是他在與共同創辦人同事發生「激烈分歧」後做出的「痛苦決定」。

In 2017, MixRank was on Inc 5000's list of fastest-growing companies in the US and had investment backing from the likes of Mark Cuban. The company still operates today.

2017 年，MixRank 躋身 Inc 5000 強美國發展最快公司名單，並得到了 Mark Cuban 等人的投資支持。該公司至今仍在營運。

Following his departure, the court heard that Lichtenstein spent a lot of time at his computer and it was during this period that he carried out the attack on Bitfinex.

法庭獲悉，在他離開後，利希滕斯坦花了很多時間在他的電腦上，而正是在這段時間裡，他對 Bitfinex 進行了攻擊。

Prosecutors said he took steps to delete his digital footsteps from the exchange's systems before engaging in a series of "sophisticated laundering techniques" in an attempt to hide his tracks on Bitcoin's blockchain.

檢察官表示，他採取措施從交易所繫統中刪除了自己的數位足跡，然後採取了一系列“複雜的洗錢技術”，試圖隱藏自己在比特幣區塊鏈上的痕跡。

The sentencing is a long time coming, with Lichtenstein having previously pleaded guilty [PDF] to one count of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments back in August 2023.

判決已經等待了很長時間，利希滕斯坦先前曾在 2023 年 8 月承認一項共謀洗錢貨幣工具的罪名 [PDF]。

Lichtenstein's wife and co-defendant, tech entrepreneur Morgan, also admitted to one count of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments. She additionally pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States.

利希滕斯坦的妻子兼共同被告、科技企業家摩根也承認了共謀洗錢貨幣工具的罪名。她還承認了一項共謀詐騙美國的罪名。

The pair were arrested in February 2022.

兩人於 2022 年 2 月被捕。

Per a sentencing memo [PDF] submitted by her lawyer, Morgan claims she only discovered Lichtenstein carried out the attack nearly four years later, at the beginning of 2020, at which point he asked for help in laundering the proceeds. 

根據她的律師提交的一份量刑備忘錄 [PDF]，摩根聲稱她是在近四年後，也就是 2020 年初才發現利希滕斯坦實施了這次襲擊，當時他請求幫助洗錢。

According to the sentencing memo, she agreed and over the next two years followed the direct instructions of Lichtenstein, who told Morgan not to carry out any internet research related to their activity.

根據量刑備忘錄，她同意了，並在接下來的兩年裡遵循利希滕斯坦的直接指示，利希滕斯坦告訴摩根不要進行任何與他們的活動相關的網路研究。

The laundering activity, which her lawyer claims was carried out at times with Morgan's assistance, involved:

她的律師聲稱，洗錢活動有時是在摩根的協助下進行的，涉及：

Using fake IDs to create online accounts

使用假身份證建立線上帳戶

Using software to automate transactions

使用軟體自動化交易

Depositing stolen funds into dark web marketplaces and then withdrawing them

將被盜資金存入暗網市場然後提取

Converting the Bitcoin to other token types

將比特幣轉換為其他代幣類型

Using crypto mixer services

使用加密貨幣混合器服務

Using genuine US business bank accounts to legitimize the pair's financial activity

使用真實的美國商業銀行帳戶使兩人的金融活動合法化

Exchanging stolen crypto for gold coins

將偷來的加密貨幣換成金幣

Morgan met Lichtenstein at venture capital tech accelerator 500 Startups in 2013, where she also met an older Brazilian startup founder to whom she soon became attached.

摩根於 2013 年在創投科技加速器 500 Startups 認識了 Lichtenstein，在那裡她還遇到了一位年長的巴西新創公司創辦人，她很快就與他產生了感情。

Much of the relationship's details were redacted in the court documents submitted by her counsel, but the memo claimed the pair soon married in a courthouse and moved to Brazil.

她的律師提交的法庭文件中對這段關係的大部分細節進行了修改，但備忘錄稱兩人很快就在法院結婚並搬到了巴西。

Morgan started her cold email campaign business SalesFolk in 2014, the same year in which she and Lichtenstein started dating. 

Morgan 於 2014 年開始了她的冷電子郵件行銷業務 SalesFolk，同年她和 Lichtenstein 開始約會。

They married in 2019 following Lichtenstein's departure from MixRank and after Morgan began to perform as her surreal rapper alter-ego Razzlekhan.

在 Lichtenstein 離開 MixRank 以及 Morgan 開始扮演她的超現實說唱歌手另一個自我 Razzlekhan 後，他們於 2019 年結婚。

Submitted last week, shortly after her lawyer's memo, Lichtenstein himself submitted a letter describing Morgan's character [PDF] to the court in highly flattering terms.

上週，在她的律師備忘錄提交後不久，利希滕斯坦本人向法院提交了一封信，以高度奉承的措辭描述了摩根的性格 [PDF]。

Morgan has been under house arrest for 33 months, with her lawyers requesting she be sentenced with time served. She is due to be sentenced on November 18.

摩根已被軟禁 33 個月，她的律師要求對她服刑。她將於 11 月 18 日被判刑。

As part of the pair's guilty pleas, they agreed to forfeit all assets and property related to the crime. The vast array of assets seized by the US government is set out in a separate court document [PDF] and includes various cryptocurrency tokens, fiat currencies held in bank accounts, and gold coins.

作為兩人認罪的一部分，他們同意沒收與犯罪有關的所有資產和財產。美國政府扣押的大量資產在一份單獨的法庭文件 [PDF] 中列出，其中包括各種加密貨幣代幣、銀行帳戶中持有的法定貨幣和金幣。

Had the same number of Bitcoin tokens been stolen at today's exchange rate, at the time of writing, they would be worth around $10.7 billion.

如果以今天的匯率計算相同數量的比特幣代幣被盜，那麼在撰寫本文時，它們的價值約為 107 億美元。

One interesting tidbit related to the US's seizure was that during the government's process of converting some of the seized cryptocurrency into dollars, an unnamed cybercriminal was apparently watching this going on and attempted to hijack the funds involved.

與美國扣押有關的一個有趣的消息是，在政府將部分扣押的加密貨幣兌換成美元的過程中，一名未透露姓名的網路犯罪分子顯然正在觀察這一情況並試圖劫持相關資金。

On October 24, regarding $20.7 million worth of "a relatively obscure virtual currency token" accepted by the US Marshals Service, an attacker "was able to access the funds and/or manipulate the transaction and thereby steal the tokens."

10 月 24 日，美國法警局接受了價值 2070 萬美元的“一種相對不起眼的虛擬貨幣代幣”，攻擊者“能夠獲取資金和/或操縱交易，從而竊取代幣”。

The attacker was unable to liquidate around $19.5 million worth

攻擊者無法清算價值約 1950 萬美元的資金