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Ex-takeaway worker on trial after £1.4bn Bitcoin seized by police says 'I was duped'
A former Chinese takeaway worker on trial after police seized Bitcoin worth £1.4bn has told a jury she was "duped" by the woman who defrauded the money. Jian Wen, 42, is alleged to have acted as a "front person" to help launder some of the profits of a £5bn investment fraud carried out in China by Zhimin Qian between 2014 and 2017. Qian, which means money in Chinese, fled the UK after police raided the six-bedroom house the women rented for more than £17,000 a month near Hampstead Heath in northwest London, a court has heard. Officers seized devices from the property, as well as a safety deposit box ... (full story)