Woman Involved in Bitfinex Theft and $4.5 Billion Crypto Laundering Applies to Court to Access Crypto Wallets to Calculate Tax Liability

Lawyers for Heather Morgan, the woman involved in the Bitfinex theft and $4.5 billion crypto money laundering case, have applied to the court to allow her access to her cryptocurrency wallet without violating pre-trial conditions in order to calculate her and her husband's tax obligations. “In order to determine her tax liability, Morgan must have access to specific cryptocurrency wallets to calculate income from the sale of cryptocurrency assets, and the undersigned attorneys have discussed this issue with the government, which has no objection to the request,” the documents show. Foresight News previously According to news, U.S. authorities arrested Heather Morgan and her husband Ilya Lichtenstein in February this year, accusing the couple of being involved in billions of dollars in money laundering at the encryption exchange Bitfinex. After an initial hearing earlier this year, the pair The couple were released on an $8 million group bond and are seeking a stay of proceedings. Morgan was allowed to look for a new job while the case was pending in July, and declared in late August that he was not involved in any crypto projects.