cryptocurrency commercials during the super bowl -- >> call your own shots. >> reporter: -- this new york duo, the crypto couple, appeared in court charged with laundering billions in bitcoin. 34-year-old ilia lichten steen and heather morgan are tech entrepreneurs. he is the founder of a digital wallet company designed to stop fraud and terrorism. morgan, who once wrote that strong personal branding is essential as a founder, dispensed advice on tiktok. >> i'm going to tell you my secret for making dreams a reality. >> reporter: wrote about how to avoid cybercrime and even rapped. but all that time, according to doj, the couple had the proceeds of a 2016 crypto-schefft of nearly 120,000 bitcoins, worth millions when they were stolen. over the years, the couple allegedly moved the money around, trying to hide the origins. but unique passwords were stored online where the authorities found them. >> today the value of that