3 h. ago The Chinese 'Bitcoin queen', the £5.5bn stash and the five year police chase. Inside London’s crypto wars

With crypto crime soaring, perpetrators bagging billions and even resorting to kidnapping, can law enforcement catch up with the culprits?

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12 h. ago Chinese 'Cryptoqueen' Jailed Over £5B Bitcoin Fraud, UK Police Confirm Possible London Payouts

Chinese 'Cryptoqueen' Jailed Over £5B Bitcoin Fraud, UK Police Confirm Possible London Payouts  Yahoo

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26 h. ago Moment ‘bitcoin queen’ fraud arrested in her bed as she’s jailed over £5bn stash

Zhimin Qian and Seng Hok Ling were sentenced following a multibillion-pound fraudulent Bitcoin scheme

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31 h. ago Fraudster jailed after UK's largest cryptocurrency seizure worth £5.5bn

Zhimin Qian and Seng Hok Ling were sentenced following a multibillion-pound fraudulent Bitcoin scheme

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32 h. ago Chinese Cryptoqueen caught in London, in what was considered largest Bitcoin seizure

Chinese Cryptoqueen caught in London, in what was considered largest Bitcoin seizure  Times of India

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32 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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32 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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32 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.

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52 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

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54 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.

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57 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 Andrew plaque is removed by NHS Trust in fresh blow for the humiliated ex

Andrew took part in a ceremony at Chase Farm Hospital, part of London's Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust where a a plaque was unveiled by the then-Duke of York.

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8 d. ago Andrew plaque removed by NHS Trust in further blow for disgraced royal

The then-Duke of York opened Chase Farm Hospital, part of London's Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust, in 2019 - but a plaque in the entrance hall marking the occasion is now to be removed

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2 w. ago British crypto firm KR1 eyes London Stock Exchange as UK warms to industry: FT

British crypto firm KR1 eyes London Stock Exchange as UK warms to industry: FT  TradingView

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2 w. ago Trump pardons Binance founder convicted on money laundering charges to end ‘war on crypto’

Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren said the pardon was evidence of ‘corruption’ by the president

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2 w. ago Trump pardons founder of Binance, world’s largest crypto exchange

Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to failing to stop money laundering in 2023 and was sentenced to four monthsDonald Trump issued a pardon for the founder of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Thursday.“President Trump exercised his constitutional authority by issuing a pardon for Mr. Zhao, who was prosecuted by the Biden Administration in their war on cryptocurrency,” a White House statement said. “The war on crypto is over.” Continue reading...

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