Following a six-year international manhunt, Chinese fugitive Zhimin Qian, 47, was spotted hiding in a York Airbnb. She masterminded Britain’s largest money-laundering operation, defrauding £5.5 billion in Bitcoin from more than 128,000 victims via Ponzi scheme. With her associate Jian Wen, Qian used fake identities to purchase luxury homes, jewelry, and designer items. Officials seized over 61,000 Bitcoins, estimated at £5 billion, as the world’s largest crypto confiscation.
