Rapper Razzlekhan Requests Access To Crypto Wallets To Assess Tax Burdens

American rapper Heather Morgan, more popularly known as Razzlekhan and one-half of the couple accused of laundering $3.6 billion in stolen Bitcoin (BTC), has asked a judge permission to access her crypto wallets so she can calculate the tax liabilities of her and her husband.

The filing of Morgan's lawyer, Eugene Gorokhov, asked if the couple could access the wallets without breaking pre-trial conditions, The Block reported.

"To determine her tax liability, Ms. Morgan must access specific cryptocurrency wallets in order to calculate income from the sales of cryptocurrency assets," the filing dated Sept. 12 noted, as per the outlet. "Undersigned counsel has discussed this issue with the government and the government understands Ms. Morgan's need to access this information."

Moreover, the filing reportedly indicated that the government had no objection to the request.

Morgan and her husband and co-defendant Ilya Lichtenstein were arrested in February after the Department of Justice (DOJ) seized $3.6 billion in stolen Bitcoin (BTC). The two had reportedly promoted themselves as experts in crypto investments who loved to travel.

The couple was accused of laundering 120,000 Bitcoins stolen from crypto exchange Bitfinex in 2016 in one of the most prominent crypto hacks. Lichtenstein, 34, and Morgan, 31, were granted bail by a Manhattan court with the former receiving a $5 million bond and the latter receiving a $3 million bond.

If found guilty by trial, the couple could spend up to 25 years in jail for conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to defraud the United States.

On the other hand, Bitfinex is working with the DOJ to "follow appropriate legal processes to establish our rights to a return of the stolen bitcoin," the crypto exchange revealed in a blog post in February.