Feds Reveal Hipster Crypto Couple’s Hilarious Attempt to Cover Their Tracks

Nearly four months before Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein and Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan were arrested for their role in the largest crypto heist in history, they were inadvertently tipped off that they were the targets of a criminal probe, leading the flamboyant pair to toss a computer down a garbage chute in a desperate bid to stymie investigators.

That’s according to plea documents unsealed Monday, which say an unnamed financial services provider told Lichtenstein in November 2021 that the feds had subpoenaed records for an account in his name. The firm had been too slow in processing an extension of a non-disclosure order issued by a judge, and mistakenly sent out a notice informing the 35-year-old hacker of the government’s request.

“Upon receipt of the notice, Lichtenstein and Morgan took steps to further conceal their activities,” reads a statement of offense attached to Lichtenstein’s plea agreement. “For example, Lichtenstein deleted data from devices in the United States and abroad, and Lichtenstein and Morgan threw a computing device down a garbage chute, when said computing device contained relevant, inculpatory evidence related to this criminal scheme.”

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