7 d. ago UK seeks to keep £5bn bitcoin haul after money laundering convictions

Complex legal battle over seized assets could run for years

Economics

7 d. ago 'Butler' who helped Chinese 'Bitcoin queen' evade capture by booking Airbnbs and organise helpers admits role in £5.5bn crypto scam

Hok Seng Ling, 47, pleaded guilty at London 's Southwark Crown Court to entering into a money laundering arrangement with mastermind Yadi Zhang on or before April 24, 2024.

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7 d. ago Britain and China 'set to battle over BitQueen's fortune' after £5 billion cryptocurrency fraud seizure

Chinese national Zhimin Qian was convicted on Monday for her role in a major money laundering scheme following a seven-year investigation by Metropolitan Police detectives

Economics

8 d. ago Chinese woman convicted in UK after record £5.5bn bitcoin seizure

Met Police hails guilty plea in one of largest money laundering cases in history

Economics

8 d. ago Police seize £5.5bn worth of Bitcoin as woman guilty of leading largest UK haul

Zhimin Qian, 47, pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court on Monday. The seizure of the cryptocurrency followed a seven-year ongoing investigation into international money laundering, police added

Economics

8 d. ago Woman admits money laundering after UK’s largest ever Bitcoin seizure of £5.5bn

Zhimin Qian defrauded more than 128,000 victims through a scheme which has been the UK’s largest ever cryptocurrency seizure of Bitcoin worth more than £5.5 billion.

Economics

8 d. ago Woman admits money laundering after seizure of £5.5 billion of Bitcoin

Zhimin Qian pleaded guilty to acquiring and possessing criminal property at Southwark Crown Court on Monday, the Metropolitan Police said.

Economics

1 week ago Explosion of barber shops in Britain's beleaguered town centres could be sign of 'criminal activity', Labour minister says

More than 750 barbers opened in the UK last year despite a broader High Street downturn - with police saying some of them are being used for money laundering.

Politics

2 w. ago Oligarch who 'masterminded money laundering scheme' that flooded Europe and the USA with billions in Russian money appears in court

Former Moldovan MP Veaceslav Platon, 52, is accused of being involved in an enterprise which saw vast sums of criminal cash pass through the country's banking system with the help of corrupt judges.

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2 w. ago Oligarch who 'masterminded money laundering scheme' that flooded Europe and the USA with billions in Russian money appears in court

Former Moldovan MP Veaceslav Platon, 52, is accused of being involved in an enterprise which saw vast sums of criminal cash pass through the country's banking system with the help of corrupt judges.

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2 w. ago Chinese executive jailed for 25 years in US for trafficking fentanyl chemicals

Qingzhou Wang of Amarvel Biotech accused by prosecutors of turning chemical company into ‘pipeline of poison’ A Chinese company executive has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for trafficking in chemicals used to manufacture fentanyl, the US justice department has said.Qingzhou Wang, 37, principal executive of Amarvel Biotech, a company based in Wuhan, and Yiyi Chen, 33, the firm’s marketing manager, were convicted in New York in February of fentanyl precusor importation and money laundering. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Former Celtic starlet found with £400,000 cash in back of his van in money laundering plot is jailed for more than a year

James Keatings, 33, who most notably made his name playing for Edinburgh clubs Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian, turned his hand to criminal activity following his retirement from football.

Economics

2 w. ago Former professional footballer jailed over £400,000 money laundering handover

Ex Celtic, Hearts and Hibernian forward James Keatings, 33, was sentenced to 13-and-a-half months in prison

Economics

2 w. ago Former Hibs, Hearts and Celtic footballer James Keatings jailed for cash laundering bid

Ex-striker attempted to launder nearly £400k in criminal money

Sport

2 w. ago Former Hibs and Hearts star James Keatings jailed for part in £400k money laundering scheme

James Keatings was drawn into crime after an injury devastated his football career.

Economics

2 w. ago London teenager accused of TfL cyber attack also faces hacking and money laundering charges in US

Thalha Jubair, 19, accused of at least 120 ‘computer network intrusions’ and extortion involving 47 US firms or organisations

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3 w. ago Tech mogul’s latest attempt to halt deportation from NZ rejected

Kim Dotcom is facing charges of money laundering and copyright infringement in the US

Politics

last month Why the Isle of Man is a hotbed for organised crime: How local prisons are being overrun by Liverpool drug traffickers and money launderers

With its sleepy atmosphere and stunning natural beauty, the Isle of Man seems an unlikely target for some of the UK's most ruthless drugs gangs.

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