A Chinese woman claims to have cheated billions of dollars and then fled to the United Kingdom 🚨
It is said that a Chinese woman, known by two names - Zhang Yadi or Qian Zhimin, defrauded 130,000 investors from mainland China with an astonishing amount of $6.3 billion. Recently, she was convicted by the United Kingdom of money laundering. Qian Zhimin, the real identity of the fraudster, managed to steal the equivalent of 5 billion pounds (6.34 billion dollars) from unsuspecting Chinese investors between 2014 and 2017. She did this through a fake wealth management program and then converted the ill-gotten gains into Bitcoin. In 2017, when the Chinese authorities began investigating fraud, Qian Zhimin arrived in the United Kingdom using a fake passport from St. Kitts and Nevis and concealed her real identity under the name Zhang Yadi to evade the Chinese authorities. The police also arrested another Chinese woman named Jianwen. Jianwen arrived in the United Kingdom in 2007 and became a British citizen in 2018. It is alleged that Jianwen helped Zhang exchange part of the Bitcoin currency for different assets such as real estate, cash, jewelry, and other luxury goods. In 2018, Jianwen tried to buy a property in London worth 12.5 million pounds for Zhang through a law firm. However, the deal was not completed because the company could not verify the source of the Bitcoin currency. In the same year, the London police seized four separate devices containing over 61,000 bitcoins. They were found in a safe and in the property where Jian Wen and Zhang were living at the time. In 2021, when the police gained access to Bitcoin, the value of the cryptocurrency reached £1.4 billion ($1.77 billion), making it one of the largest seizures in the world. At current prices, its value is approximately $2.6 billion. While the trial of Jian Wen is still ongoing, Fr. Zhang fled the UK. Jian Wen, 42, has pleaded not guilty. She claims to believe that the Bitcoin owned by Zhang was obtained through legitimate means. However, the claimants allege that Jian Wen should have known that Chang's money was obtained illegally. For example, she was hesitant to travel to a country with an extradition treaty with China. It is important to note that China and the United Kingdom do not have an extradition agreement. It is truly amazing that such a huge amount of money, $6.3 billion, has been seized by one person, yet it seems that this case was not easily discovered despite the efforts made.
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A Chinese woman claims to have cheated billions of dollars and then fled to the United Kingdom 🚨
It is said that a Chinese woman, known by two names - Zhang Yadi or Qian Zhimin, defrauded 130,000 investors from mainland China with an astonishing amount of $6.3 billion.
Recently, she was convicted by the United Kingdom of money laundering. Qian Zhimin, the real identity of the fraudster, managed to steal the equivalent of 5 billion pounds (6.34 billion dollars) from unsuspecting Chinese investors between 2014 and 2017. She did this through a fake wealth management program and then converted the ill-gotten gains into Bitcoin.
In 2017, when the Chinese authorities began investigating fraud, Qian Zhimin arrived in the United Kingdom using a fake passport from St. Kitts and Nevis and concealed her real identity under the name Zhang Yadi to evade the Chinese authorities.
The police also arrested another Chinese woman named Jianwen. Jianwen arrived in the United Kingdom in 2007 and became a British citizen in 2018. It is alleged that Jianwen helped Zhang exchange part of the Bitcoin currency for different assets such as real estate, cash, jewelry, and other luxury goods.
In 2018, Jianwen tried to buy a property in London worth 12.5 million pounds for Zhang through a law firm. However, the deal was not completed because the company could not verify the source of the Bitcoin currency.
In the same year, the London police seized four separate devices containing over 61,000 bitcoins. They were found in a safe and in the property where Jian Wen and Zhang were living at the time.
In 2021, when the police gained access to Bitcoin, the value of the cryptocurrency reached £1.4 billion ($1.77 billion), making it one of the largest seizures in the world. At current prices, its value is approximately $2.6 billion.
While the trial of Jian Wen is still ongoing, Fr. Zhang fled the UK. Jian Wen, 42, has pleaded not guilty. She claims to believe that the Bitcoin owned by Zhang was obtained through legitimate means.
However, the claimants allege that Jian Wen should have known that Chang's money was obtained illegally. For example, she was hesitant to travel to a country with an extradition treaty with China. It is important to note that China and the United Kingdom do not have an extradition agreement.
It is truly amazing that such a huge amount of money, $6.3 billion, has been seized by one person, yet it seems that this case was not easily discovered despite the efforts made.