London’s Metropolitan Police maintain greater than $3.88 billion value of Bitcoin (BTC) from a large 2018 seizure, based on crypto analytics agency Arkham Intelligence.
Arkham notes the UK legislation enforcement company seized 61,000 Bitcoin from Jian Wen and Zhimin Qian again in 2018 and subsequently gained entry to the crypto property years later.
“The UK Metropolitan Police seized 61,000 Bitcoin (presently value $4 billion) from Jian Wen and Zhimin Qian in 2018, having access to the seized BTC in July 2021.
Qian had reportedly bought the Bitcoin with funds from an funding fraud dedicated in China between 2014 and 2017, and is an alleged fugitive from the Beijing authorities.”
Jian was just lately put on trial within the UK for allegedly laundering cash from a $6.5 billion fraud that impacted greater than 100,000 Chinese language residents. Prosecutors say she transformed Bitcoin into money and property.
Nevertheless Jian’s legal professionals allege that Zhimin masterminded the fraud and Jian, a UK citizen, didn’t know the cash was linked to crime, based on a latest report from Bloomberg. Prosecutors aren’t alleging that Jian was concerned within the preliminary fraud.
The police reportedly assembled a 40-person crew devoted to cracking down on crypto crime, and in October, the Monetary Occasions reported that the crew was engaged on 19 energetic prison investigations based mostly on 74 “intelligence referrals.”
Bitcoin is buying and selling at $63,363 at time of writing. The highest-ranked crypto asset by market cap is down greater than 7% prior to now 24 hours.
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