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Qian Zhimin, the main culprit in the 60,000 Bitcoin money laundering case, faces up to 14 years in prison

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2025-11-11 12:16:47
Qian Zhimin, a businesswoman who fled the UK with nearly $50 billion worth of bitcoin and pleaded guilty in the UK's "largest bitcoin money laundering case", will face up to 14 years in prison when her sentence is announced on Tuesday. Richard Thomas, Mr. Qian's defence counsel, said his client had no previous criminal record and had behaved well in custody. Mr. Qian struggled to learn English while in prison and "even wrote poetry", Richard said at his sentencing hearing.
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