Crypto ‘goddess’ jailed over $9b Bitcoin fraud | Information Age
Zhimin Qian was arrested in a raid in York in April 2024 after police officers kicked down a bedroom door. Source: Metropolitan Police
A Chinese woman has been handed a near 12-year prison sentence in the UK for her role in a Bitcoin laundering scheme that impacted more than 128,000 victims.
In September, 47-year-old Zhimin Qian pleaded guilty to two money laundering charges for her role in a China-based investment fraud that siphoned approximately $9.26 billion (£4.6 billion) between 2014 and 2017.
Seven years after the Metropolitan Police (the Met) seized roughly the same amount in Bitcoin from Qian, the self-proclaimed “crypto entrepreneur” admitted to London’s Southwark Crown Court that she had laundered the…
