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Chinese cryptoqueen jailed over bitcoin laundering scheme
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Qian Zhimin, a 47-year-old Chinese woman dubbed the 'cryptoqueen,' was sentenced to 11 years and eight months in prison in London for money laundering proceeds from a massive Ponzi scheme. The fraud defrauded around 128,000 investors in China of billions, with funds converted into bitcoin now worth over $6 billion. British police made their largest-ever cryptocurrency seizure in the case.
Diezani Alison-Madueke, former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, has appeared before Southwark Crown Court in London for a preliminary hearing related to a £100,000 bribe allegation.
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Tulip Siddiq, niece of ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and a former UK government minister, is taking legal advice to sue Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Commission over false allegations. The claims, linked to the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project and illegal land allocation, prompted her resignation and an in-absentia conviction. Siddiq denies involvement, pointing to the absence of evidence in the proceedings.