When the US Justice Department announced on Tuesday that it had unraveled its biggest-ever cryptocurrency theft, seizing a record-shattering $3.6 billion in Bitcoin, the world of finance waited with baited breath for the masterminds involved in the ploy to be unmasked.  

But rather than a seasoned hacker or a high-flying banker, it was a TikTok rapper and her magician husband who have been arrested on money laundering charges connected to the theft. 

New York couple Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife, Heather Morgan, 31, who were arrested in Manhattan this week spent the illegal proceeds on items ranging from gold and non-fungible tokens to a $500 Walmart gift card, prosecutors said.

The couple had active public profiles, with Ms Morgan known as rap singer “Razzlekhan,” a pseudonym that she said on her website referred to Genghis Khan “but with more pizzazz.”