Amazon Is Making a Movie Based mostly on $3 Billion Bitfinex Hack
The movie explores the psyche behind a crypto hustler tied to the Bitfinex hack.
Amazon’s MGM Studios has begun early improvement on a function movie dramatizing the story behind the 2016 Bitfinex alternate hack and subsequent laundering of the stolen bitcoin, in response to a report by Deadline.
The film, titled “Razzlekhan,” will concentrate on Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan’s function in obscuring the motion of 94,643 Bitcoins linked to the hack valued at over $3 billion on the time of their dramatic 2022 arrest. The script adapts a 2022 New York Instances article that referred to the couple as “Bitcoin’s Bonnie and Clyde” for his or her exploits.
The hack itself occurred in August 2016 when cybercriminals breached Hong Kong-based Bitfinex and made off with practically 120,000 Bitcoins value about $54 million on the time. The stolen crypto laid low for years till federal investigators uncovered its circuitous path by means of a maze of accounts and platforms.
Each Lichtenstein and Morgan finally struck plea offers in August 2023 centered on cash laundering conspiracy prices tied to the Bitfinex hack and different cyber theft.
Whereas glamorized depictions of criminality typically draw criticism, Razzlekhan’s filmmakers could try and steadiness such considerations with portraying the lasting hurt attributable to the Bitfinex assault to each buyers and the trade alike.
