Meet the ‘Crocodile of Wall Street’, Heather Morgan: the crypto rapper and TikToker known as ‘Razzlekhan’ once allegedly laundered US$4.5 billion worth stolen from a Hong Kong bitcoin exchange
- The self-proclaimed ‘Crocodile of Wall Street’ isn’t your typical fraudster – she’s an entrepreneur, rapper, YouTuber, a former columnist at Forbes and Inc., and even taught at a Hong Kong university
- Morgan and hubby Ilya Lichtenstein were arrested by the FBI in February for laundering over US$4 billion worth of bitcoin stolen from the 2016 hacking of Hong Kong-based Bitfinex
In February, Morgan and her husband Ilya Lichtenstein were charged by federal prosecutors with alleged conspiracy to launder over US$4 billion in stolen bitcoin, per CNBC.
So, who is this polarising YouTuber and rapper, and what was her involvement in the multibillion-dollar bitcoin fraud at the Hong Kong-based crypto platform Bitfinex?
She’s an international economist who once lived in Hong Kong and taught about US culture
Morgan, at first glance, is just a regular Wall Street hustler. She has a degree from the University of California, Davis, and began her career as an economist for the World Bank in Cairo, Egypt, according to her LinkedIn profile.
Before entering the corporate world, Forbes reported that Morgan also spent time at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology conducting seminars about American culture for students.
According to her LinkedIn profile, Morgan also made stops in start-up tech firms such as Tamatem Inc. and Endpass. The former economist would later venture into her own Software as a Service (SaaS) company, SalesFolk, as the current chief executive officer.