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Zhimin Qian orchestrated an investment‑fraud scheme in China between 2014 and 2017, defrauding over 128,000 investors. British authorities seized about 61,000 Bitcoin linked to the scheme, currently worth more than $5 billion. In a UK High Court ruling on 13 October 2026, Justice Mark Turner held that Chinese law governs the victims’ property‑rights claims, rejecting English‑law arguments. The case remains before the London court, with further hearings to determine Chinese‑law ownership interests. 61,000 BTC seized from Zhimin Qian Qian Zhimin ALLEGED_CONTROLLER_OF Tianjin Lantian Gree Electronic Technology Qian Zhimin SETTLED_IN United Kingdom Zhimin Qian is the controller of Tianjin Lantian Gerui Electronic Technology Zhimin Qian fled to the United Kingdom Zhimin Qian owns Bitcoin Cash Zhimin Qian owns Bitcoin Gold Zhimin Qian owns Bitcoin SV Zhimin Qian owns XRP Zhimin Qian owns Dogecoin Shanghai's The Paper reports on Qian Zhimin's fraud scheme Second Intermediate People's Court of Tianjin accepted the application to confiscate Qian Zhimin's assets Zheng Zhao helped arrange for Deltec Bank to handle stolen funds Axis Digital Limited opened an account at Deltec Bank Jose Somarriba opened an account at Deltec Bank ShengSheng He opened an account at Deltec Bank Deltec Bank converted stolen funds into Tether's USDT stablecoin· Entity summary generated by Graphiti

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  1. Jose SomarribaOPENED ACCOUNT ATZhimin Qian

    Jose Somarriba opened an account at Deltec Bank

    Current1 sourceJose Somarriba
  2. Zhimin QianCONVERTEDstablecoin USDT

    Deltec Bank converted stolen funds into Tether's USDT stablecoin

    Ended 2026-10-301 sourcestablecoin USDT
  3. Zhili ChengOPENED ACCOUNT ATZhimin Qian

    Axis Digital Limited opened an account at Deltec Bank

    Current1 sourceZhili Cheng
  4. ShengSheng HeOPENED ACCOUNT ATZhimin Qian

    ShengSheng He opened an account at Deltec Bank

    Current1 sourceShengSheng He
  5. Zheng ZhaoHELPEDZhimin Qian

    Zheng Zhao helped arrange for Deltec Bank to handle stolen funds

    Current1 sourceZheng Zhao
  6. The PaperREPORTSZhimin Qian

    Shanghai's The Paper reports on Qian Zhimin's fraud scheme

    Current1 sourceThe Paper
  7. Zhimin QianCONTROLLER OFTianjin Lantian Gree Electronic Technology

    Zhimin Qian is the controller of Tianjin Lantian Gerui Electronic Technology

    Current2 sourcesTianjin Lantian Gree Electronic Technology
  8. Zhimin QianFLED TOUnited Kingdom

    Zhimin Qian fled to the United Kingdom

    Current2 sourcesUnited Kingdom
  9. Zhimin QianOWNEDBitcoin SV

    Zhimin Qian owns Bitcoin SV

    Current1 sourceBitcoin SV
  10. Zhimin QianOWNEDAachen Regional Court

    Zhimin Qian owns Bitcoin Gold

    Current1 sourceAachen Regional Court
  11. Zhimin QianOWNEDBitcoin Cash

    Zhimin Qian owns Bitcoin Cash

    Current1 sourceBitcoin Cash
  12. Zhimin QianOWNEDDogecoin

    Zhimin Qian owns Dogecoin

    Current1 sourceDogecoin
  13. Zhimin QianOWNEDU.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

    Zhimin Qian owns XRP

    Current1 sourceU.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
  14. Zhimin QianALLEGED CONTROLLER OFTianjin Lantian Gree Electronic Technology

    Qian Zhimin ALLEGED_CONTROLLER_OF Tianjin Lantian Gree Electronic Technology

    Ended 2026-10-221 sourceTianjin Lantian Gree Electronic Technology
  15. Zhimin QianSETTLED INUnited Kingdom

    Qian Zhimin SETTLED_IN United Kingdom

    Ended 2026-10-221 sourceUnited Kingdom
  16. Tianjin’s Second Intermediate People’s CourtACCEPTED APPLICATIONZhimin Qian

    Second Intermediate People's Court of Tianjin accepted the application to confiscate Qian Zhimin's assets

    Current1 sourceTianjin’s Second Intermediate People’s Court
  17. 61,000 BTCSEIZED FROMZhimin Qian

    61,000 BTC seized from Zhimin Qian

    Current1 source61,000 BTC

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