The Largest Bitcoin Money Laundering Case in UK History! Involving £3 Billion Worth of Bitcoin, Chinese Woman Sentenced to 6 Years and 8 Months in Prison
During the investigation of a money laundering case, UK police seized over 61,000 bitcoins. Chinese woman Jian Wen was sentenced to 6 years and 8 months in prison on May 24 for money laundering. She had earlier attracted the attention of UK police for attempting to purchase a luxury mansion in London worth over £10 million. Prosecutors stated that between 2014 and 2017, Wen helped conceal the origins of a large sum of stolen funds, which came from a wealth management fraud scheme involving nearly 130,000 Chinese investors.