34 h. ago Moment 'billionaire' Chinese 'Bitcoin Queen' behind Britain's biggest money laundering scheme is arrested in her bed

This is the moment a Chinese fraudster involved in a Bitcoin scam worth more than £5billion was snared by police - while in bed. Zhimin Qian, known as the 'Bitcoin Queen', has today been jailed.

Politics

34 h. ago Chinese ‘Bitcoin Queen’ behind £5.5bn crypto scam jailed after evading cops by hiding in luxury hotels across Europe

A CHINESE "Bitcoin Queen" behind a £5.5billion crypto scam has been jailed after she evaded cops by hiding out in luxury hotels. Zhimin Qian, 47, masterminded a Ponzi scheme which defrauded more than 128,000 victims in China between 2014 and 2017. She stashed the money in Bitcoin assets then fled to the UK when she...

Politics

35 h. ago Chinese fraudster involved in largest UK cryptocurrency seizure jailed

Zhimin Qian and her accomplice Seng Hok Ling were sentenced over the roles they played in a multibillion-pound fraudulent Bitcoin scheme.

Events

55 h. ago How Chinese fraudster involved in £5.5 billion Bitcoin scam evaded UK authorities for six years

Zhimin Qian, 47, was arrested in April 2024 in what has been described as the UK’s largest cryptocurrency seizure

Economics

57 h. ago Chinese 'Bitcoin Queen' behind £5.5bn crypto scam evaded authorities by going on lavish sightseeing trips in Europe and staying in luxury hotels, court hears

Zhimin Qian (pictured), 47, masterminded a Ponzi scheme which defrauded more than 128,000 victims in China between 2014 and 2017 before fleeing to the UK.

Politics

59 h. ago Inside life of luxury of mastermind behind £5.5 billion Bitcoin scam

A Chinese fraudster involved in a Bitcoin scam worth more than £5.5 billion spent years evading British authorities sightseeing across Europe and staying in luxury hotels, a court heard.

Economics