Chinese Bitcoin billionaire fugitive and her Malaysian accomplice JAILED in the U.K. over stolen crypto laundering Chinese national Zhimin Qian and Malaysian accomplice Seng Hok Ling were sentenced to a combined 15+ years in U.K. prison for laundering billions in Bitcoin stolen from 128,000 victims in a Ponzi scheme run through Qian’s company, Lantian Gerui. Qian fled China with Bitcoin holdings, used fake passports to reach the U.K., adopted a false identity and spent extravagantly – including £17,333/month rent, luxury watches and nearly £100,000 at Harrods – before her arrest in 2024. U.K. police seized £300M ($394.6M) in Bitcoin during a…

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