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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Nadeem Badshah

Ex-takeaway worker guilty of money laundering in £2bn bitcoin operation

Coins embossed with bitcoin logo
The seizure of bitcoins is believed to be the biggest of its kind. Photograph: Benoît Tessier/Reuters

A former takeaway worker found with bitcoin wallets worth more than £2bn, believed to be the largest ever seizure of its kind, has been convicted of a crime linked to money laundering.

Jian Wen, 42, lived above a Chinese restaurant in Leeds when she became involved in a criminal racket converting the cryptocurrency into assets including multimillion-pound houses and thousands of pounds’ worth of jewellery.

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