Chris Janczewski's laptop, United States, about 2022
Object Details
- Description
- This laptop was part of the largest financial seizure in U.S. history in 2022. IRS agent Chris Janczewski used this laptop to investigate the theft of nearly 120,000 bitcoin from Bitfinex, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges. Hacker Ilya Lichtenstein used sophisticated techniques to steal the bitcoin from Bitfinex. He and his wife, Heather Morgan, then worked together to launder the stolen cryptocurrency. This laptop held the data Janczewski and his team needed in order to trace and seize $3.6 billion of the stolen funds on behalf of the U.S. government.
- Credit Line
- Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date used
- 2021 - 2023
- date made
- 2019
- ID Number
- 2024.0098.1
- catalog number
- 2024.0098.1
- accession number
- 2024.0098
- Associated Name
- Internal Revenue Service
- United States Department of Justice
- Object Name
- laptop
- Physical Description
- metals; plastic; glass (overall material)
- silver (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall closed: 24.1 cm x 35 cm x 1.78 cm; 9 1/2 in x 13 25/32 in x 11/16 in
- overall open: 35 cm x 1 cm; 13 25/32 in x 13/32 in
- place used
- United States
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- Exhibition
- Value of Money
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Cryptocurrencies
- Record ID
- nmah_2040526
