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Madhukumar Warrier

'The Black Swan' Author Says Woman Arrested By Feds In Bitcoin Money Laundering Case Had Been Texting Him Until 'Recently'

“The Black Swan” author Nassim Nicholas Taleb said that the woman arrested by U.S. law enforcement officials in the Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) money laundering case had managed to hack his Twitter account some years ago to get him to “follow” her.

What Happened: Taleb said on Twitter that Heather Morgan was able to send him direct messages until “recently,” despite him promptly unfollowing the latter.

Taleb — who is also a former options trader and risk analyst — noted in a follow-up tweet that Morgan and her husband Ilya Lichtenstein may have not been accused by the Feds of directly “stealing” the cryptocurrency.

See Also: How To Buy Bitcoin (BTC)

Why It Matters: An earlier tweet by the Fintwit investor community had noted that Morgan was a Forbes columnist, while Lichtenstein was a tech entrepreneur and alumnus of the Silicon Valley accelerator program Y Combinator.

Morgan was also an amateur rapper who performed under the alias “Razzlekhan,” according to her YouTube page.

Morgan has said in one of her articles in the Inc. Magazine that “The Black Swan” motivated her to drop out of graduate school and make a “drastic career change” a decade ago.

Morgan has also quoted comments from Taleb’s other books in some of her Forbes columns.

Price Action: Bitcoin is up 0.9% during the past 24 hours, trading at $43,755.20 at press time.

Read Next: 6 Facts About The Alleged Lichtenstein-Bitcoin Scam: A Timeline

Photo: Courtesy of The Salzburg Global Summit via Flickr

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