Another day, another Netflix true-crime documentary about crypto-criminals. This week’s doc is Biggest Heist Ever, which began streaming today.
Directed by Chris Smith (who is also the director of Bad Vegan and Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened), Biggest Heist Ever details the criminal exploits of Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein and his wife Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan. The couple is connected to a 2016 hacking of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, during which about 120,000 Bitcoin was stolen. According to a report from The Verge, the Bitcoin was worth $71 million at the time, and almost $11 billion as of today.
After a lengthy investigation, the FBI arrested Lichtenstein and Morgan in 2022. Lichtenstein confessed in court to the hacking and theft. Morgan maintained she didn’t know about the theft until after it had happened, but then did help her husband actively try to launder the stolen money.
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