美国监禁2016年Bitfinex加密货币交易所五年入侵事件的主要人物

Ilya Lichtenstein 从交易所偷走了近 120,000 比特币，并在妻子的帮助下洗钱

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 年加密货币交易所 Bitfinex 违规事件的幕后关键人物因盗窃近 120,000 枚比特币而被美国法院判处五年监禁。

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.

现年 35 岁的伊利亚·利希滕斯坦 (Ilya Lichtenstein) 入侵了 Bitfinex，按照当时的汇率窃取了价值约 6,900 万美元的加密货币，并通过 2,000 多笔交易将其从交易所转移到自己的钱包中。

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）在表演说唱歌曲和推广她的音乐时也被称为“Razzlekhan”，两人都承认后来洗钱的罪名。

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.

法庭文件称，Lichtenstein 在 2016 年不情愿地离开了他于 2011 年共同创立的营销公司 MixRank 后，对 Bitfinex 发起了攻击。这是他在与联合创始人同事发生“激烈分歧”后做出的“痛苦决定”。

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 跻身 Inc 5000 强美国发展最快公司名单，并得到了马克·库班 (Mark Cuban) 等人的投资支持。该公司至今仍在运营。

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.

法庭获悉，在他离开后，利希滕斯坦花了很多时间在他的电脑上，正是在这段时间里，他对 Bitfinex 进行了攻击。

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.

检察官表示，他采取措施从交易所系统中删除了自己的数字足迹，然后采取了一系列“复杂的洗钱技术”，试图隐藏自己在比特币区块链上的踪迹。

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.

判决已经等待了很长时间，利希滕斯坦此前曾于 2023 年 8 月承认一项串谋洗钱货币工具的罪名 [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、科技企业家摩根也承认了一项共谋洗钱货币工具的罪名。她还承认了一项共谋诈骗美国的罪名。

The pair were arrested in February 2022.

两人于 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. 

根据她的律师提交的一份量刑备忘录 [PDF]，摩根声称她是在近四年后，也就是 2020 年初才发现利希滕斯坦实施了这次袭击，当时他请求帮助洗钱。

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.

根据量刑备忘录，她同意了，并在接下来的两年里遵循利希滕斯坦的直接指示，利希滕斯坦告诉摩根不要进行任何与他们的活动相关的互联网研究。

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

她的律师声称，洗钱活动有时是在摩根的协助下进行的，涉及：

Using fake IDs to create online accounts

使用假身份证创建在线帐户

Using software to automate transactions

使用软件自动化交易

Depositing stolen funds into dark web marketplaces and then withdrawing them

将被盗资金存入暗网市场然后提取

Converting the Bitcoin to other token types

将比特币转换为其他代币类型

Using crypto mixer services

使用加密货币混合器服务

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

使用真实的美国商业银行账户使两人的金融活动合法化

Exchanging stolen crypto for gold coins

将偷来的加密货币换成金币

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.

摩根于 2013 年在风险投资科技加速器 500 Startups 认识了 Lichtenstein，在那里她还遇到了一位年长的巴西初创公司创始人，她很快就与他产生了感情。

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.

她的律师提交的法庭文件中对这段关系的大部分细节进行了修改，但备忘录称两人很快在法院结婚并搬到了巴西。

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

Morgan 于 2014 年开始了她的冷电子邮件营销业务 SalesFolk，同年她和 Lichtenstein 开始约会。

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 离开 MixRank 以及 Morgan 开始扮演她的超现实说唱歌手另一个自我 Razzlekhan 后，他们于 2019 年结婚。

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.

上周，在她的律师备忘录提交后不久，利希滕斯坦本人向法院提交了一封信，以高度奉承的措辞描述了摩根的性格 [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.

摩根已被软禁 33 个月，她的律师要求对她服刑。她将于 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.

作为两人认罪的一部分，他们同意没收与犯罪有关的所有资产和财产。美国政府扣押的大量资产在一份单独的法庭文件 [PDF] 中列出，其中包括各种加密货币代币、银行账户中持有的法定货币和金币。

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.

如果以今天的汇率计算相同数量的比特币代币被盗，那么在撰写本文时，它们的价值约为 107 亿美元。

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.

与美国扣押有关的一个有趣的消息是，在政府将部分扣押的加密货币兑换成美元的过程中，一名未透露姓名的网络犯罪分子显然正在观察这一情况并试图劫持相关资金。

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，美国法警局接受了价值 2070 万美元的“一种相对不起眼​​的虚拟货币代币”，攻击者“能够获取资金和/或操纵交易，从而窃取代币”。

The attacker was unable to liquidate around $19.5 million worth

攻击者无法清算价值约 1950 万美元的资金