The main culprit of the 70,000 Bitcoin fundraising case has been sentenced, and details of the Bitcoin concealment have been revealed.Author: Wang Lina, reporter for Caijing
The largest Bitcoin seizure case in the UK involving 70,000 bitcoins, and the principal offender Qian Zhimin of a case in China involving illegal public deposit collection, has been sentenced in the UK.
On November 11, local time in the UK, Qian Zhimin was sentenced to 11 years and 8 months in prison by a UK court. Previously, on September 29, Qian Zhimin pleaded guilty in court, acknowledging two charges of possessing and transferring cryptocurrency obtained from criminal activities.
With the verdict of Qian Zhimin's criminal case, more details about Qian Zhimin's escape, hiding, and transfer of Bitcoin have been disclosed. How the UK police will handle more than 61,000 Bitcoins involved in the case will be the key to the next steps in this case.
The transfer of a Bitcoin wallet that has been dormant for 5 years reveals its whereabouts.
In February 2024, a Bitcoin wallet that had been dormant for five years was linked to a transaction account named Seng Hok Ling (phonetic, hereinafter referred to as "Ling Zenghao").
金色财经_·2025-11-13 08:18