Qian Zhimin defrauded 128,000 people in China, then fled on a moped. She crossed Europe on a lavish spending spree, then settled in the UK, where the Met Police spent several years tracking her down.

A renowned mathematician who is also part of China’s Qian clan – a surname linked in the annals of Chinese scientific history to national pioneers in science and engineering – has become the latest US ...

SINGAPORE: Qian Zhimin wanted a glamorous lifestyle. She travelled across Europe, yearned to be acquainted with royalty and even dreamed of becoming the ruler of a self-proclaimed micronation. After ...

A Chinese woman who was found with 5 billion pounds ($6.6 billion) in Bitcoin after defrauding more than 128,000 people in China in a Ponzi scheme was sentenced by a UK court on Tuesday to over 11 ...

This is the moment a cryptoqueen behind a massive £5.5 billion Bitcoin scam was arrested in bed. Zhimin Qian, 47, was the mastermind behind a scam that defrauded some 128,000 people between 2014 and ...

A Chinese woman described as a “super villain” who orchestrated a multibillion-dollar investment fraud to buy bitcoin was sentenced to 11 years and eight months in jail by a London judge. Qian Zhimin, ...

The United Kingdom has sentenced a Chinese woman to 11 years and eight months in prison for a years-long scheme to launder investment scam proceeds into Bitcoin, luxury property, and other assets now ...

As Chinese police closed in on the architect of a massive Ponzi scheme that cost thousands their life savings, a woman in her mid-40s, with an accomplice, fled on a moped to Myanmar's border, starting ...

The mastermind behind a scam which led UK police to make their largest-ever cryptocurrency seizure of more than £5bn in Bitcoin has been jailed. Zhimin Qian, 47, was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court ...

Footage shows the moment a Chinese fraudster who masterminded a massive Bitcoin scam was arrested by police. The footage was released after Zhimin Qian, 47, was jailed for the scam. Officers can be ...

A Chinese fraudster involved in a Bitcoin scam worth more than £5.5 billion, who spent years evading British authorities sightseeing across Europe, has been jailed. Zhimin Qian, 47, masterminded a ...