Tag: Yadi Zhang

Chinese ‘Cryptoqueen’ in London: £5.5bn Bitcoin Scam Exposes Global AML Blind Spots

Ponzi Mark Lagarde - November 12, 2025

Chinese fraudster Zhimin Qian – also known as “Yadi Zhang” – has been sentenced in London to 11 years and eight months for laundering billions in bitcoin linked to a vast Ponzi scheme that defrauded more than 128,000 investors in China. The UK’s largest-ever crypto seizure, more than 61,000 BTC, now sits at the centre of complex cross-border restitution battles.

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