中国女性在伦敦认罪, 洗钱5B加密骗取资金, 与中国128K受害者相关。
Chinese woman pleads guilty in London to laundering $5B crypto scam funds, linked to 128K victims in China.
Zhimin Qian, 47, 中国公民, 名为张亚迪(Yadi Zhang), 在伦敦对与2014年至2017年在中国诈骗超过128 000名投资者的50亿美元加密货币骗局有关的洗钱活动认罪。
Zhimin Qian, 47, a Chinese national known as Yadi Zhang, has pleaded guilty in London to money laundering linked to a $5 billion cryptocurrency scam that defrauded over 128,000 investors in China between 2014 and 2017.
她于2017年使用假证件逃往英国,并于2024年被捕。
She fled to the UK in 2017 using false documents and was arrested in 2024.
当局于2018年从她家中没收了61 000比特币,价值超过55亿英镑,这是历史上最大的一次加密货币缉获。
Authorities seized 61,000 bitcoins—worth over £5.5 billion today—from her home in 2018, marking the largest single cryptocurrency seizure in history.
调查历时七年,涉及英国和中国的执法部门。 调查表明,她企图通过购买财产洗钱,并企图制造一个称为“自由”的微型国家。 一名共同被告简文曾被监禁六年零八个月。
The investigation, spanning seven years and involving UK and Chinese law enforcement, revealed her attempts to launder funds through property purchases and her ambitions to create a micronation called “Liberland.” A co-defendant, Jian Wen, was previously jailed for six years and eight months.
Qian仍在羁押中,等待判决,同时继续努力将资产归还给受害者。
Qian remains in custody awaiting sentencing, while efforts continue to return assets to victims.