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Woman Pleads Guilty to $7 Billion Bitcoin Fraud Scheme in UK
Chinese national Zhimin Qian pleaded guilty to acquiring and possessing criminal property of 61,000 Bitcoin, now valued just shy of $7 billion, in a UK court on Monday. The conviction follows a seven-year investigation into international money laundering where it was discovered that Qian, who also goes by Yadi Zhang, organized a large-scale fraudulent investment scheme that defrauded 128,000 individuals. “Today’s guilty plea marks the culmination of years of dedicated investigation by the Met’s Economic Crime teams and our partners,” Will Lyne, The Met’s head of economic and cybercrime command, said in a ... (full story)