Statue of ThemisWASHINGTON Feb 9 The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has scheduled a hearing for February 11 on bail of Russian Ilya Liechtenstein, who was arrested in the case of laundering stolen bitcoins in the amount of $ 4.5 billion (at the current exchange rate), follows from the court order. 22.00 Moscow time) on February 11, 2022,» the court document, which RIA Novosti managed to get acquainted with, says. It is noted that the hearing will be held in the format of a videoconference. The court also ordered that the defendants submit their objections to the not to release Lichtenstein and his wife Heather Morgan on bail. scrap of the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange in 2016. We are talking about Ilya Lichtenstein and his wife Heather Morgan. According to a report by a special agent at the US Internal Revenue Service, published on the website of the Department of Justice, Liechtenstein has dual citizenship — Russian-American. According to the prosecution, they tried to «launder» more than 119 thousand stolen bitcoins. Later it became known that the court allowed Liechtenstein and Morgan to leave prison on $8 million bail — $5 million for him and $3 for her. Both were also required to stay at their New York home and wear electronic bracelets. However, on Wednesday, a DC court suspended its bail decision.
