PANews reported on October 9 that according to a motion document filed by the U.S. prosecutors with the court regarding the 2016 Bitfinex hacking case, prosecutor MATTHEW M. GRAVES stated that the government hopes to notify the public of the crimes to which the defendant has pleaded guilty so that any individual claiming to be a potential crime victim can assert their rights under the Crime Victims Rights Act (CVRA). The government does not know of any other victims who meet the CVRA provisions or compensation targets under the Mandatory Victims Compensation Act (MVRA) other than Bitfinex (the victimized virtual currency exchange), but out of extreme caution, the government still seeks such relief to notify members of the public, especially former account holders of VICTIM VCE, and give them the opportunity to file potential victim rights claims and/or compensation requests under the CVRA, MVRA and related regulations. The defendant's lawyers have negotiated this motion. Defendant Ilya Lichtenstein and Defendant Heather Rhiannon Morgan did not oppose the motion and maintained that if there were any potential victims under the CVRA or MVRA, only Bitfinex met that status.