The Justice Department announced Tuesday it had seized more than $3.6 billion in bitcoin allegedly stolen as part of a 2016 hack of Bitfinex, saying authorities have also arrested a husband and wife in New York for allegedly trying to launder the cryptocurrency fortune.
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Feds arrest married couple, seize $3.6 billion in hacked bitcoin funds
Updated February 8, 2022 at 6:42 p.m. EST|Published February 8, 2022 at 11:41 a.m. EST