Bitfinex Bitcoin Hack Money Launderer Razzlekhan Prepares to Release New Music

Bitfinex Bitcoin Hack Money Launderer Razzlekhan Prepares to Release New Music

In summary

  • Convicted money launderer Heather Morgan, also known as “Razzlekhan,” will release “Turki$h Martha” later this week.
  • It is her first song released since she was jailed for her role in laundering funds from the 2016 Bitfinex hack.
  • Morgan claimed that prison staff and inmates regularly asked him to rap while incarcerated.

Heather Morgan, the rapper and social media personality also known as Razzlekhan, is working on new music as she leaves federal custody.

The 35-year-old, who is serving an 18-month sentence for laundering funds linked to the 2016 Bitfinex hack and is currently supervised by a residential reentry management office in Sacramento, is scheduled for full release on December 28.

Her next track, which appears to be called “Turki$h Martha,” is expected to be released on Friday.

in a tweet Dated Nov. 12, Morgan said the song became one of his favorites during his incarceration. “Both the prison staff and inmates at Victorville LOVED this song and asked me to rap ‘Turki$h Martha’ regularly,” he wrote.

Morgan was sentenced in November 2024 for her role in laundering more than 119,000 BTC stolen in the Bitfinex breach, making it one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts ever recorded. Her husband, Ilya Lichtenstein, was sentenced to five years in prison for money laundering. He also claimed to have committed the hack.

Federal authorities recovered most of what was stolen bitcoinnow valued at more than $11 billion.

After his arrest in 2022, Morgan’s personal brand became a fascination in itself. His online presence before his arrest included rap videos, business advice and lifestyle content spanning travel, fashion and technology. He chronicled time spent in Türkiye, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan and Egypt, as well as the United States.

While in Türkiye, he studied at Ankara’s Bilkent University as part of an exchange program.

His rapper character, Razzlekhan, attracted special attention. He described the character as “Genghis Khan, but with more dynamism.” In previous rap videos, which went viral after her arrest, she referred to herself as a “Versace Bedouin” and the “Wall Street crocodile.”

The new track continues his idiosyncratic style. in a shorten shared online, he performs while wearing an Ottoman-style war helmet and dancing alongside another individual.

Snippets include lyrics like “that ain’t the Harlem Shake, shimmy, shimmy, earthquake,” “real bitch, nothing fake, just baklava, shit pie,” and “gotta go jerk off, home alone like a date.”

The full lyrics, which appear to have been posted online by Morgan, also make references to smoking hashish, making the best lentil soup, doing a “reverse twerk,” baksheesh and, in a reference to “Versace Bedouin,” being a Bedouin.

In 2023 and 2024, Morgan continued creating content prior to his sentencing. She released a song describing the emotional strain of Lichtenstein’s impending imprisonment and separation, and maintained an active presence on Cameo, where she promoted herself as “cryptocurrency’s favorite criminal.”

Lichtenstein has since claimed in a video call posted online that his wife was unaware of the attack during the years it remained unsolved, claiming to be solely responsible for the crime.

Morgan management did not respond to a request for comment.

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