Zhimin Qian, also known as Yadi Zhang, has pleaded not guilty to laundering Bitcoin in a London court. According to reports, Qian, a Chinese national, was arrested in April and charged with two counts of money laundering.
Authorities claim that Qian enlisted Jian Wen in the money laundering plot. Wen, who has already been sentenced to over six years in prison, was found with a significant amount of Bitcoin at her residence during a police raid in 2018.
Qian, dubbed the ‘Crypto Queen,’ is accused of defrauding Chinese investors of billions between 2014 and 2017. Despite the allegations, she denies any criminal conduct and plans to contest the charges in court.
The trial is scheduled to begin in September 2025 at Southwark Crown Court, with a co-defendant pleading not guilty to related charges.
