Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan, who, along with her husband Ilya Lichtenstein, is accused of laundering 119,754 Bitcoin stolen during the hack of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex back in 2016, has asked permission to access her crypto wallets and exchange accounts to calculate the couple’s tax liabilities.
In a court filing dated September 12, Morgan's counsel Burnham & Gorokhov, PLLC, sought the court’s clarification if Morgan accessing her wallets would violate pretrial conditions.
“To determine her tax liability, Ms. Morgan must access specific cryptocurrency wallets in order to calculate income from the sales of cryptocurrency assets. Undersigned counsel has discussed this issue with the government and the government understands Ms. Morgan’s need to access this information,” reads the filing.
According to the document, the government has no objection to the request.
The filing further says the conditions of pretrial release prohibit Morgan from engaging in crypto transactions,...
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