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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Bishop

Moment ‘Cryptoqueen’ scammer with £5bn Bitcoin stash arrested in bed

A “Crypto queen” fraudster who masterminded a scam that led UK police to seize more than £5.5bn in Bitcoin was arrested in bed, police bodycam video shows.

Zhimin Qian, 47, of no fixed address, defrauded more than 128,000 victims in China through a Ponzi scheme before fleeing to the UK as an international fugitive.

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