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By Jennifer Green
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Language, violence, sex in crypto true-crime docu.
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Biggest Heist Ever
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What's the Story?
Heather "Razzlekhan" Morgan and Ilya "Dutch" Lichtenstein met and fell in love in Silicon Valley, and then moved to New York and seemed to be living a cosmopolitan and international lifestyle in BIGGEST HEIST EVER. What their friends didn't know is that the funds for that lifestyle apparently came from a major infiltration of a cryptocurrency exchange site called Bitfinex. The perpetrators of the heist made off with $4.5 billion worth of Bitcoin. It would take investigators years to pin the crime on Heather and Ilya. This is their story.
Is It Any Good?
A heist that takes place entirely online could present challenges for a filmmaker to bring to screen, and this film shows how it can be done. Biggest Heist Ever matches look and tone to subject by positioning talking heads in dark, computer-lit rooms and editing interviews together with animated explainers of how cryptocurrency works, social media videos, and dramatic reenactments. It all moves at a fast clip, with tense music humming in the background to build suspense while it painstakingly reconstructs the heist and the personalities and experiences of the characters involved.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about what they learned about cryptocurrency in Biggest Heist Ever. What aspects of buying, selling, trading, stealing, and laundering Bitcoin did you find out about from this documentary?
Why do you think Heather created the rapper alter ego that so many called "cringe"? What were some of the theories about this presented by interviewees in the film?
Did you think the sentences the perpetrators received were fair? Why, or why not?
When Ilya says there's "more to the story," what do you think he means? What does the film suggest?
Movie Details
- On DVD or streaming : December 6, 2024
- Director : Chris Smith
- Studio : Netflix
- Genre : Documentary
- Topics : STEM , History
- Run time : 87 minutes
- MPAA rating :
- Last updated : September 18, 2025
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