‘The Crypto Queen’ Behind The Bars

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00:00After years on the run across continents, the lavish escape of the so-called crypto queen

00:11has finally ended behind bars. These scenes, filmed in 2024, show the moment British police

00:19raided the home of Chinese national Jim and Chin, described as the mastermind behind one

00:25of the world's largest cryptocurrency fraud schemes. Inside her home, authorities discovered

00:34$6.6 billion worth of Bitcoin, money traced back to a massive scam that defrauded more

00:42than 128,000 victims in China. The CPS will now work to ensure through criminal confiscation

00:49and civil proceedings that the criminal assets worth now around $4.8 billion used by Chan

00:56and Jian Wen to fund their extravagant lifestyle are seized.

01:01At 47 years old, Chan fled China using a fake identity, living a life of opulence across Europe

01:09and the UK, staying in luxury hotels, buying rare jewelry, and attempting to purchase multi-million

01:17dollar properties to convert into digital assets. But that life of luxury came to an abrupt end

01:24when the crypto queen was arrested and sentenced to more than 11 years in prison.