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A woman has admitted to money laundering after the UK’s largest ever cryptocurrency seizure of Bitcoin worth more than £5.5 billion was made by police. ‌

At Southwark Crown Court on Monday, Zhimin Qian pleaded guilty to acquiring and possessing criminal property, the Metropolitan Police said. ‌

The seizure of the cryptocurrency followed a seven-year ongoing investigation into international money laundering. ‌

The 47-year-old, also known as Yadi Zhang, defrauded more than 128,000 victims through a scheme in China between 2014 and 2017 and stored the illegally obtained funds in Bitcoin assets, according to the force.

Scotland Yard said Qian played a leading role in the scam .

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In 2018, the Chinese national came to the UK after fleeing he

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