Heather R. Morgan

Heather Rhiannon Morgan (born 1990 or 1991), also known as Razzlekhan, is an American entrepreneur, rapper[1][2] and convicted felon. According to New York authorities, she laundered the proceedings from a heist of US$4.5 billion in cryptocurrencies.[3]

Life

Morgan was born in Oregon,[4] and grew up in Tehama, California.[5] Her father is a retired biologist and her mother is a librarian at a high school.[4] Morgan graduated from UC Davis in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in economics.[6] According to her LinkedIn profile, she began her career as an economist and worked for the World Bank in Cairo and Hong Kong. In 2014 Morgan lived in San Francisco and founded SalesFolk, an e-mail marketing firm.[5]

In February 2022, Morgan and her husband Ilya Lichtenstein were charged by the FBI with conspiracy to launder over $4 billion in stolen bitcoin.[7] The bitcoin were stolen in the 2016 Bitfinex hack.[8] She was released on bail on 14 February 2022,[9] and convicted on 3 August 2023.[10][11]

Self-staging

According to herself she founded a number of start-ups. She was investing in B2B software companies. Morgan was a columnist for Inc. and formerly a Forbes contributor (2017 to 2021). On her TikTok channel she gave business tips for getting rich.[12][13]

Morgan produced rap videos under the stage name Razzlekhan, in which she described herself as the "Crocodile of Wall Street".[13] Her stage name is inspired by Genghis Khan.[14]

Discography
Extended plays
Title Album details Ref.
High in the Cemetery
  • Released: January 29, 2019
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
 [15]
Versace Bedouin
  • Released: April 2, 2019
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
 [16]

References
  1. Marchman, Tim; Pearson, Jordan; Franceschi-Bicchierai, Lorenzo; Cox, Joseph; Koebler, Jason (11 February 2022). "The Rabbit Hole Beneath the Crypto Couple Is Endless". Vice News. Archived from the original on 17 March 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022. Morgan ... [has] portrayed herself as a renaissance woman, an entrepreneur/economist ... [and] self-described 'cringe' rapper named Razzlekhan.
  2. Farivar, Cyrus; Jeans, David; Brewster, Thomas (17 March 2022). "Razzlekhan: The Untold Story Of How A YouTube Rapper Became A Suspect In A $4 Billion Bitcoin Fraud". Forbes. Archived from the original on 22 April 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  3. Vincent, Isabel (10 February 2022). "Inside the wild life of bitcoin bandits Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein, accused of laundering $4.5B". New York Post. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  4. Watkins, Ali; Weiser, Benjamin (13 February 2022). "Inside the Bitcoin Laundering Case That Confounded the Internet". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  5. Paúl, María Luisa (13 February 2022). "Meet the 'Crocodile of Wall Street' rapper accused of laundering billions of dollars in crypto". Washington Post. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  6. Shanahan, Ed; Jiménez, Jesus (8 February 2022). "This Is the Couple Charged With Laundering Billions in Stolen Bitcoin". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022. Her LinkedIn profile says she earned a bachelor's degree in economics and international relations from the University of California, Davis ... The registrar's office at the University of California, Davis confirmed that she graduated in 2011.
  7. Legare, Robert (15 February 2022). "Couple accused in $4.5-billion bitcoin scheme to be separated before trial". CBS News. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  8. Benner, Katie (8 February 2022). "Justice Dept. Seizes $3.6 Billion in Bitcoin and Arrests Married Couple". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 10 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022. the hacker who breached Bitfinex's systems initiated 2,000 transactions to send 119,754 stolen Bitcoin to a digital wallet that was under Mr. Lichtenstein's control ... Mr. Lichtenstein and Ms. Morgan ... used some of the money to buy items such as gold, nonfungible tokens and a Walmart gift card, according to the complaint.
  9. Winkie, Luke (24 February 2022). "Is this the new face of organized crime? Decoding Razzlekhan, the rapping bitcoin fraudster". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  10. Tidy, Joe (3 August 2023). "Razzlekhan and husband guilty of $4.5bn Bitcoin launder". BBC. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  11. Claburn, Thomas (4 August 2023). "Couple admit they laundered $4B in stolen Bitcoins after Bitfinex super-heist". The Register. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  12. Mücke, Peter. "Spur der Bitcoin-Beute führt zu Rapperin" [Bitcoin Loot Trail Leads to Female Rapper]. Tagesschau24 (in German). Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  13. Clark, Mitchell (8 February 2022). "A cringe rapper slash Forbes contributor allegedly found with billions in stolen Bitcoin". The Verge. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  14. Hissong, Samantha (8 February 2022). "Accused Bitcoin Mega Crook Made Rap Videos. And Dear God, Are They Cringey". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  15. "High in the Cemetery". Spotify. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  16. "Versace Bedouin". SoundCloud. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
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