Netflix Announces New Series About Bitfinex Hack for 120,000 Bitcoin

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Netflix Announces New Series About Bitfinex Hack for 120,000 Bitcoin

United States, New York, New York,

Published 3 years ago

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Streaming and production giant Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) will soon produce a documentary series about the notorious Bitfinex hack, one of the biggest financial crimes of 2016 in which 119,756 bitcoin (BTC), worth 72 million dollars at the time.

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The Netflix documentary will focus on a couple located in New York and their connection to the laundering of almost 120,000 BTC linked to the crime. According to Netflix, the documentary will be directed by American filmmaker Chris Smith with Nick Bilton serving as co-executive producer. The ad said:

"Netflix has commissioned a documentary series about a married couple's alleged plot to launder billions of dollars in stolen cryptocurrency in the largest financial crime case in history."

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The plot is based around two main characters—Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan—the NYC couple linked to the 120,000 BTC hack and their involvement in laundering the stolen funds.