A couple in their thirties were arrested on charges of trying to launder four point five billion dollars worth of dit coin. The justice department says that's the largest seizure they've ever done. A 34 year old man named ilia lichtenstein is essentially a te ontrbuner. Heahermorgan is 31, started some of her own businesses in that space. She describes herself as "the crocodile of wall street"
A tech investor and his rapper wife were busted for a multi-billion dollar bitcoin heist. They couldn’t really spend any of the money.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Paul Mounsey, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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