Chris Janczewski's laptop, United States, about 2022
date: label: date used
content: 2021 - 2023
label: date made
content: 2019
name: label: Associated Name
content: Internal Revenue Service
label: Associated Name
content: United States Department of Justice
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: place used
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Cryptocurrencies
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
label: Exhibition
content: Value of Money
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, U.S. Department of the Treasury
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2024.0098.1
label: catalog number
content: 2024.0098.1
label: accession number
content: 2024.0098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: laptop
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metals; plastic; glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: 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
label: Measurements
content: overall open: 35 cm x 1 cm; 13 25/32 in x 13/32 in