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Qian Zhimin, the main culprit in the 60,000 Bitcoin money laundering case, denies all criminal charges

On October 21, Qian Zhimin (transliteration, alias Zhang Yadi), the main criminal in the UK's 60,000 bitcoin money laundering case and the Tianjin Blue Sky Grui 43 billion yuan illegal fund-raising case, was arrested in April this year and charged with two counts of money laundering. The British Criminal Prosecution Service accused her of possessing and transferring illegal cryptocurrencies on or before April 23. A man, Seng Hok Ling, has been charged alongside her and pleaded not guilty to one count of participating in a money laundering arrangement knowing or suspected to be criminal property. The trial is scheduled to begin at Southwark Crown Court on September 29, 2025.