Heather Morgan
An entrepreneur and rapper known as 'Razzlekhan' who helped her husband Ilya Lichtenstein launder bitcoin stolen in the 2016 Bitfinex hack. She pleaded guilty in 2023 and was sentenced in November 2024 to 18 months in prison.
Also known as: Razzlekhan, Crocodile of Wall Street, Heather R. Morgan
Bio
Heather R. Morgan — an entrepreneur, columnist, and self-styled rapper known as "Razzlekhan" and "the Crocodile of Wall Street" — assisted her husband Ilya Lichtenstein in laundering bitcoin stolen in the 2016 Bitfinex hack, using fictitious identities, mixing services, chain-hopping, and gold purchases. [1][2]
Legal outcome
Morgan pleaded guilty in August 2023 to money-laundering conspiracy and conspiracy to defraud the United States. On November 18, 2024, she was sentenced to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release. [1][2]
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See also
Luke BelmarIndividualsCryptocurrency influencer Luke Belmar (@lukebelmar on X) became the subject of controversy following allegations related to the promotion of a memecoin. Critics on social media alleged that Belmar used a series of posts referencing a forthcoming cryptocurrency project and a large-scale airdrop to generate interest in a token without explicitly identifying a specific contract address. Belmar published multiple posts discussing an upcoming memecoin, describing plans for what he characterized as a major airdrop and making comparisons to other cryptocurrency projects. Because no contract address was publicly provided, several tokens emerged claiming association with his statements. Critics alleged that this ambiguity enabled speculation around multiple tokens while avoiding a direct endorsement of any particular asset.
- 2025 Czech government Bitcoin scandalOtherA political-corruption scandal in which the Czech Ministry of Justice, under minister Pavel Blažek, accepted a donation of 468 bitcoin (~$45M) in early 2025 from Tomáš Jiříkovský, a convicted darknet/drug figure, then sold part of it. After Deník N revealed the deal in May 2025, Blažek resigned, a criminal money-laundering investigation followed, and the government narrowly survived a no-confidence vote.
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