28 h. ago Moment billionaire 'Bitcoin Queen' arrested in bed after UK's largest

Chinese fraudster Zhimin Qian and her accomplice have been jailed following what UK cop's are calling the largest-ever cryptocurrency seizure after more than £5billion in Bitcoin were taken

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29 h. ago Qian Zhimin: How a billion pound bitcoin scammer escaped China on a moped

She defrauded more than 128,000 victims between 2014 and 2017 through a Ponzi scheme in China

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30 h. ago Fraudster who hid in London is jailed over £5.5bn bitcoin scam

Zhimin Qian cheated 128,000 victims in China through a Ponzi scheme before going on the run for six yearsA fraudster has been jailed over a scam that led to the UK’s largest ever cryptocurrency seizure of bitcoin worth more than £5.5bn.Zhimin Qian, 47, defrauded more than 128,000 victims in China through a Ponzi scheme before fleeing to the UK as an international fugitive. Continue reading...

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30 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.

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30 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...

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30 h. ago Mastermind behind £5b Bitcoin scam jailed after UK cop's largest

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49 h. ago Inside life of luxury of Ponzi scheme mastermind behind £5.5billion Bitcoin scam

Zhimin Qian, 47, masterminded a Ponzi scheme which defrauded more than 128,000 victims in China between 2014 and 2017 and stored the illegally obtained funds in Bitcoin assets

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55 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.

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7 d. ago Morocco jails man for trafficking countrymen to Myanmar scam compound

Several young Moroccans were attracted by an online job offer promising good pay in Thailand, only to find themselves trafficked to scam centres in Myanmar

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8 d. ago Man, 26, jailed over £1m supermarket gift card scam run by Chinese gangsters

Junkai Liu, 26, swiped the cards before they were tampered with and replaced. When customers paid to have funds put on them, the money was transferred into the gang's bank accounts.

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8 d. ago Irish sporting superstar's legacy is now a pathetic image of a cheat with a charger up his nose to carry out a wicked fraud as he is jailed for faking cancer diagnosis in money scam

DJ Carey, 54, who was dubbed the 'Maradona of hurling', pleaded guilty in July to 10 counts of inducing people to give him money.

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9 d. ago Sports icon jailed in £345k cancer scam after swindling friends, family and fans

A sporting icon has been jailed for five-and-a-half years for fraud after swindling friends, family and fans out of around £345,000 to treat cancer that he did not have

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2 w. ago The face of a "despicable" fake cop who scammed a lady in her 90s

“I am grateful that Ahmed has been jailed for his role in such an awful scam, targeting a vulnerable individual"

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2 w. ago Fake fat jabs worth £250k seized by Brit cops after world’s largest ever weight

FAKE fat jabs worth more than £250,000 have been seized in the world’s largest ever weight-loss drug bust.   Officers smashed an organised crime gang during a dawn raid on a warehouse.   The site is believed to have been used for the large-scale manufacture, packaging and distribution of unlicensed — and potentially deadly —...

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3 w. ago Paedophile soldier jailed for 27 years for 'sextortion' scam involving 'approaching 100 victims'

A soldier has been jailed for 27 years after a series of online sex offences on 'approaching 100 victims' conducted from inside his base. Austen Fleming's accommodation at RAF Dishforth was raided by.

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last month Can Colombia embrace clean energy without damaging the Amazon?

At the foot of the Andes, a Canadian firm has plans for one of the country’s biggest copper mines, but many say the carbon-rich forests and clean rivers are too high a price to payAs the sun sets over the Colombian Amazon, construction worker Pablo Portillo observes the canopy. Titi monkeys swing in the treetops as the Mocoa River roars nearby. For four years, he and his family have lived quietly in this biodiverse “gateway to the Amazon”, where the Andes descend into the rainforest, home to mountain tapirs, spectacled bears and vital rivers.But Portillo, 46, fears this peaceful landscape is at risk. Canadian company Copper Giant Resources has been exploring nearby mountains with a view to opening one of Colombia’s largest copper mines. Beneath Mocoa lie an estimated 2m tonnes of copper, a transition metal vital for clean energy in wind turbines and batteries. Continue reading...

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