The 'crypto couple' is pleading guilty in their alleged $4.5 billion bitcoin heist. Here's how the saga unfolded.

• The "crypto couple" Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan are due for a plea hearing on August 3.
• The couple is expected to plead guilty to orchestrating a $4.5 billion bitcoin-laundering scheme.
• They were arrested in 2022 following what federal prosecutors called the "largest financial seizure ever."

The husband-wife duo ensnared in an alleged $4.5 billion bitcoin-laundering scheme are due in federal court for a hearing on August 3, and are expected to plead guilty to charges that they orchestrated an elaborate plot to sell bitcoin that was stolen during the 2016 hack of Bitfinex.