BlockBeats News, November 17th, according to Caixin report, the mastermind of a 60,000 BTC money laundering case, Qian Zhimin, was captured by the police with a digital device. On the eve of the criminal trial scheduled for September 2025, he provided the access code for the device and the passwords for two encrypted wallets, leading the police to discover that in addition to the 61,000 BTC, he also held other cryptocurrencies totaling 67 million pounds in value, including Bitcoin and XRP.
Previously reported, in June 2014, Qian Zhimin instructed his “frontman” to open an account for him and used 180 million yuan of investor funds to purchase 100,250 BTC; subsequently, the BTC in the account increased to 143,951. Between January and June 2017, she again used 468 million yuan of investor funds to purchase 51,000 BTC through over-the-counter (OTC) trades. Thus, Qian Zhimin accumulated a total of 194,951 BTC.
