However regardless of their complexity, former founder and chief of cybercrime cartel Shadow Crew, Brett Johnson advised CoinDesk final 12 months that a few of Lichtenstein’s laundering strategies, akin to utilizing Coinbase accounts straight linked to him, “didn’t make sense” and steered an absence of expertise. “Ilya is a f***ing fool. For those who have a look at the best way he was making an attempt to launder cash, he was doing completely every part mistaken,” Johnson mentioned on the time.