
Ilya Lichtenstein, previously convicted in the monumental Bitfinex hack, has become a key government witness against Roman Sterlingov, the accused operator of Bitcoin Fog, a coin mixer service alleged to have laundered $335 million in stolen Bitcoin. This development follows Lichtenstein's disclosure of details regarding the 2016 Bitfinex theft during a trial in Washington. Concurrently, the U.S. Government, which seized approximately $3.6 billion from the hack, has been reported to have transferred nearly $1 billion worth of Bitcoin to unidentified addresses. These funds, part of the assets recovered in 2022, have been a subject of contention, with Bitfinex attempting to reclaim them. The U.S. Government currently holds around 200.16K BTC, valued at approximately $12.3 billion, including a recent transfer of 15085 $BTC worth approximately $930M.



US government initiates around $922 million in bitcoin transfers from seized Bitfinex hack funds https://t.co/SzWnULheq8
#PeckShieldAlert #US Government-labeled addresses (related to the #Bitfinex Hacker) have transferred ~15K $BTC (worth approximately $921.2 million) to 2 new addresses: bc1qkm...3y0s (#Bitcoin Rich List #67) & bc1qw8...fmqe https://t.co/gpEYyOHOyt
ICYMI: U.S. GOVERNMENT-LABELLED ADDRESSES MOVED OVER $920M WORTH OF $BTC https://t.co/a9WKa6zjRM