Bitfinex launderer Razzlekhan thanks ‘Papa’ Trump for early release

Controversial rapper and convicted Bitfinex cash launderer Heather Morgan (aka Razzlekhan) has thanked President Donald Trump for “shortening my 18-month sentence” in her first video uploaded to X since her early launch from jail.

Morgan begins the 18-second clip, filmed whereas sitting bare in a tub, by telling her “Razzlers” that she missed them and that it is “actually good to be again.”

She then shouts at “Papa Trump” earlier than including, “Razzle, rattling blinding, howdy world, let’s have some enjoyable and get bizarre.”

She then indicators off along with her now signature hand gesture and choking sound mixture.

Morgan broke her social media hiatus on Oct. 22 to tease new “Razzlekhan music.” In line with the rapper, she was launched “a month in the past” after serving greater than eight months.

Morgan was sentenced to 18 months in jail final November for her position within the theft of 120,000 bitcoin. Her husband, Ilya Lichtenstein, hacked the crypto alternate earlier than the couple began hiding and laundering the cash.

The Sacramento RRM oversees midway homes in California, Guam, Hawaii and northern Nevada.

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Razzlekhan is probably not fully free

Regardless of Morgan thanking Trump for decreasing her sentence, the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ inmate tracker nonetheless lists her as within the custody of the US authorities.

It states that Morgan is within the custody of the Sacramento Residential Reentry Administration (RRM) discipline workplace, and that her launch date remains to be January 12, 2026.

RRMs are ‘midway homes’ that assist convicts rehabilitate into the broader society when their jail sentences come to an finish. Federal prisoner communications supplier InmateAID says, “There isn’t a stage of safety aside from voluntary compliance, however there’s strict adherence to the principles of the home.”

The Sacramento workplace the place Morgan is listed is an administrative workplace and oversees midway homes in japanese California, northern California, Guam, Hawaii and northern Nevada.

She might have settled in one in every of these establishments or could also be beneath home arrest.

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Binance founder Changpeng Zhao was additionally transferred to a midway home as a part of his sentence. This brought about a number of customers to take a position on X that he was free.

Trump pardoned Zhao final week. Morgan additionally famous that it “crypto pardon season”, suggesting that she can also be eager to be pardoned for her crimes.

Protos has reached out to Sacramento RRM to make clear the standing of her launch and can replace this piece if we hear again.