{"id":296522,"date":"2025-11-17T06:15:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T06:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/296522\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T06:15:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T06:15:06","slug":"bitfinex-bitcoin-hack-money-launderer-razzlekhan-set-to-release-new-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/296522\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitfinex Bitcoin Hack Money Launderer Razzlekhan Set to Release New Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In brief<br \/>\nConvicted money launderer Heather Morgan, aka \u201cRazzlekhan,\u201d will release \u201cTurki$h Martha\u201d later this week.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s her first song to be released since she was imprisoned for her role in laundering funds from the 2016 Bitfinex hack.<br \/>\nMorgan claimed prison staff and inmates regularly asked her to rap it while incarcerated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Heather Morgan, the rapper and social media personality also known as Razzlekhan, is working on new music as she transitions out of federal custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">The 35-year-old, who is serving an 18-month sentence for laundering funds tied to the 2016 Bitfinex hack and is currently overseen by a residential reentry management office in Sacramento, is scheduled for full release on Dec. 28.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Her forthcoming track, which appears to be named \u201cTurki$h Martha,\u201d is expected to be released on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeatherReyhan\/status\/1988730263346770397\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">tweet<\/a> dated Nov. 12, Morgan said the song became a favorite during her incarceration. \u201cBoth prison staff &amp; inmates at Victorville LOVED this song &amp; asked me to rap \u2018Turki$h Martha\u2019 regularly,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">lol both prison staff &amp; inmates at Victorville LOVED this song &amp; asked me to rap \u201cTurki$h Martha\u201d regularly <\/p>\n<p>Gotta figure out how to drop it on TRULINKS\/ Keefe, but need a clean version \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Heather &#8220;Razzlekhan&#8221; Morgan (@HeatherReyhan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeatherReyhan\/status\/1988730263346770397?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Morgan was <a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/292205\/razzlekhan-sentenced-bitfinex-bitcoin-heist\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sentenced<\/a> in November 2024 for her role in laundering more than 119,000 BTC stolen in the Bitfinex breach, making it one of the largest crypto thefts on record. Her husband, Ilya Lichtenstein, received a five-year sentence for money laundering. He also claimed to have committed the hack itself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Federal authorities recovered the majority of the stolen <a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/?post_type=post&amp;p=5736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\">Bitcoin<\/a>, now valued at more than $11 billion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">After their 2022 arrest, Morgan\u2019s personal brand became a fascination unto itself. Her pre-arrest online presence included rap videos, entrepreneurial advice and lifestyle content spanning travel, fashion and tech. She chronicled time spent in Turkey, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan and Egypt, as well as the U.S.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">While in Turkey, she studied at Bilkent University in Ankara as part of an exchange program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Her rapper persona, Razzlekhan, garnered particular attention. She described the character as \u201cGenghis Khan, but with more pizzazz.\u201d In previous rap videos, which went viral after her arrest, she referred to herself as a \u201cVersace bedouin\u201d and the \u201ccrocodile of Wall Street.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff\ufeff<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">The new track continues her idiosyncratic style. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeatherReyhan\/status\/1988730261803266371\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">clip<\/a> shared online, she performs while wearing an Ottoman-style war helmet and dancing beside another individual.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Snippets include lyrics such as \u201cthat ain\u2019t the Harlem Shake, shimmy, shimmy, earthquake,\u201d \u201creal bitch nothing fake, just baklava, fuck cake,\u201d and \u201cgotta go masturbate, home alone kinda date.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/genius.com\/Razzlekhan-turki-h-martha-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">full lyrics<\/a>, which appear to have been posted online by Morgan, also make references to smoking hashish, making the best lentil soup, doing an \u201cinverse twerk,\u201d baksheesh and\u2014in a callback to \u201cVersace Bedouin\u201d\u2014being a Bedouin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">In 2023 and 2024, Morgan continued creating content ahead of her sentencing. She released a song describing the emotional strain of impending incarceration and separation from Lichtenstein, and she maintained an active presence on Cameo, where she billed herself as \u201ccrypto\u2019s favorite felon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Lichtenstein has since <a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/297940\/free-razzlekhan-bitcoin-hacker-plea-prison\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">claimed<\/a> in a video call posted online that his wife was unaware of the hack during the years it remained unsolved, asserting sole responsibility for the crime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Morgan\u2019s management did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Daily Debrief Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Start every day with the top news stories right now, plus original features, a podcast, videos and more.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In brief Convicted money launderer Heather Morgan, aka \u201cRazzlekhan,\u201d will release \u201cTurki$h Martha\u201d later this week. 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