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Woman found guilty in UK court for laundering proceeds of massive Chinese Bitcoin fraud

By Phoebe Seers and Martin Coyle ( March 20, 2024, 16:52 GMT | Insight) -- A former takeaway worker has been convicted in a UK court of money laundering in connection with a Chinese Bitcoin investment fraud valued at 5 billion pounds . A police investigation resulted in the seizure of cryptocurrency wallets from Jian Wen, 42, containing the equivalent of more than 2 billion pounds. She was convicted in a London court on Monday, but reporting restrictions were only lifted today.A former takeaway worker has been convicted in a UK court of money laundering in connection with a Chinese Bitcoin investment fraud valued at 5 billion pounds ($6.3 billion)....

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