Netflix Announces Series on Infamous Bitfinex Hack of 120,000 BTC
American subscription streaming service and production company Netflix announced Friday that it “has ordered a documentary series about a married couple’s alleged scheme to launder billions of dollars worth of stolen cryptocurrency in the biggest criminal financial crime case in history, the infamous Bitfinex hack, that saw a huge twist just this week.
The two main characters of the series will be based on Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, the NYC couple that was arrested this week for the hack and laundering of the 120,000 Bitcoin (BTC).
The documentary will be directed by American filmmaker Chris Smith with Nick Bilton as the co-executive producer.
Netflix further noted:
“As the value of the stolen Bitcoin soared from $71 million at the time of the hack to nearly $5 billion, the couple allegedly tried to liquidate their digital money by creating fake identities and online accounts, and buying physical gold, NFTs, and more – all while investigators raced to track the money’s movement on the blockchain.”
Netflix did not provide a release date yet for the series of the bizarre case.
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