US government prepares victim notification in Bitfinex hack
A United States district judge has approved the government’s motion for order authorizing alternative notification procedures in the case of the funds recovered from Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan from the Bitfinex hack. This approval will allow the US to post a notification about the case on the Department of Justice’s (DoJ) large cases website “out of an abundance” of caution so that individuals who could potentially raise claims have an opportunity to do so. However, the US government also notes that it “is not aware of any person who qualifies as a victim… beyond perhaps Bitfinex.” Read more: Bitfinex hacker Razzlekhan was job hunting at Bitcoin 2024 The Bitfinex Hack Haircut This case centers around funds recovered from Lichtenstein and Morgan after they pleaded guilty to laundering the proceeds of the 2016 hack. The hack is one of the largest thefts of bitcoins ever, and in response, Bitfinex haircut many customer accounts, ...