A fraudster who used tens of thousands of dollars in donations is ordered to pay just pennies
Xahra Saleem, 23, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. Admitted to spending over £44k on 'lifestyle' expenses including beauty treatments, takeaways, clothes and phones. She was ordered to pay just £1.50 after admitting to using £70,000 of donations.
Former takeaway worker found with £2bn worth of Bitcoin convicted of money laundering. Jian Wen was found with around 61,000 Bitcoin believed to be linked to an investment fraud in China. He is believed to have been involved in a large-scale Bitcoin fraud in the country.
Takeaway worker used Bitcoin to rent £17,000-a-month house in north London. Jian Wen, who lived in a flat above a Chinese restaurant in Leeds, rented the house as part of a criminal racket which converted cryptocurrency into assets. He now faces jail for using the cryptocurrency to rent the house in London.
Jian Wen, 42, found guilty of money laundering at Southwark Crown Court. Former takeaway worker Jian Wen was found guilty at the time of the fraud. Wen, from China, has been convicted of £2billion Bitcoin fraud at the centre of a £2bn scam. He was also convicted of a similar fraud in the early 1990s.
Woman found with £2bn in Bitcoin convicted of money laundering arrangement offence. Jian Wen, 42, from north London, was involved in converting Bitcoin into assets like luxury houses. She was convicted of the money laundering offence in a money laundering scheme. Wen, from London, has been sentenced to life behind bars for money laundering.
Woman found with £2bn in Bitcoin convicted of money laundering arrangement offence. Jian Wen, 42, from north London, was involved in converting Bitcoin into assets like luxury houses. She was convicted of the money laundering offence in a money laundering scheme. Wen, from London, has been sentenced to life behind bars for money laundering.