British authorities say they have confiscated more than £5.5 billion in bitcoin in what they describe as the country’s largest-ever cryptocurrency seizure, SİA reports, citing foreign media.
The case centers on Zhimin Qian (also known as Yadi Zhang), a 47-year-old Chinese national who pleaded guilty in London’s Southwark Crown Court to possessing illicit funds stored in digital assets.
Investigators allege that between 2014 and 2017, Qian defrauded more than 128,000 people in China through a sweeping financial scam, then funneled the proceeds into bitcoin. Police said roughly 61,000 bitcoins were recovered. After fleeing China on forged documents in 2018, Qian entered the United Kingdom, where she and an associate allegedly attempted to launder the money through property purchases.
The Metropolitan Police said the conviction capped a seven-year investigation into what they called a global money-laundering scheme with links far beyond Britain.
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