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On November 12, the British police released relevant footage of the arrest of "Bitcoin rich woman" Qian Zhimin, and the process was quite dramatic.

Police raided the mansion where Qian Zhimin lived late at night while she was sleeping in bed.

Seeing the police intruding, she shouted loudly and dressed in a hurry. The scene was very embarrassing for a time.

Qian Zhimin is known as the "Godmother of Financial Management" and one of the earliest people involved in the "Ponzi scheme" in China.

She used illegal fund-raising proceeds to purchase 61,000 Bitcoins, and then fled to the UK in 2017.

Generally, economic criminals who flee overseas often choose to hide in a low profile and try not to attract the attention of the police, but Qian Zhimin's approach is exactly the opposite.

After arriving in the UK, she not only showed no restraint, but also frequently used Bitcoin to make large purchases.

Qian Zhimin first hired someone to convert Bitcoins into cash, and then went on to buy jewelry, luxury watches and luxury homes.

Because of its high-profile consumption style, it attracted the attention of the British police as early as 2018.

In October of the same year, police raided her and her assistant's home in north London, but she narrowly escaped and remained at large for six years.

It was not until April 2024 that Qian Zhimin was arrested again.

British police charged her with "illegal possession of cryptocurrency" and revealed her true identity.

Only then did the public learn that she had been hiding in the UK.

During the court hearing on September 29, Qian Zhimin pleaded guilty in court.

On November 11, the court sentenced her to 11 years and eight months in prison. She finally paid the price for her greed.

Qian Zhimin, also known as Zhang Yadi, also known as "Huahua".

She was born in Rugao, Jiangsu Province in 1978. She has a college degree and was once married and later divorced.

Qian Zhimin’s earliest involvement in the case can be traced back to 2013——

A large-scale pyramid scheme case was solved in Hefei, Anhui, involving many people and a huge amount of money. One of the masterminds who went by the pseudonym "Li Xia" is at large. This person is Qian Zhimin.

Because she was using a pseudonym at the time, no one knew her true identity, which made her even more unscrupulous.

In March 2014, she moved to Tianjin and established an electronic technology company, claiming to focus on high-end projects such as blockchain and electronic technology.

Cautious Qian Zhimin still did not dare to register the company in his own name, so he hired a person named Ren Jiangtao to serve as the legal representative.

Ren Jiangtao also benefited from this - Qian Zhimin paid him a salary of 30,000 yuan per month and promised to give him an additional bonus of 1 million yuan after three years, so he became Qian Zhimin's puppet legal person.

During this period, Qian Zhimin met a man named Zhao Linfeng, and the two developed into lovers.

In 2015, Qian Zhimin suffered a leg injury in a car accident and had difficulty moving. He has been taken care of by Zhao Linfeng.

Therefore, after Qian Zhimin gained wealth, he was particularly generous to Zhao Linfeng and purchased a large number of antiques, agarwood and jade for him.

However, after the company exploded, all of Zhao Linfeng's belongings were confiscated.

Even though the company did not have the qualifications of a banking financial institution, Qian Zhimin launched dozens of financial products such as "Blue Sky No. 1", "Blue Sky No. 2" and "Yili Youbi".

These products all use the slogans of "repayment of principal and interest" and "high returns" to attract investors by holding promotion meetings across the country.

This new financial management model has deceived many people, allowing Qian Zhimin to have a steady flow of funds.

The most "surprising" thing about Qian Zhimin is that she has successfully packaged herself as a mysterious and clever "female boss" with resources in both black and white and in the political and business circles.

In the eyes of many investors, "Sister Huahua" is an investment master who can bring "three generations of wealth", just like the God of Wealth descending to earth.

However, no one expected that this "female boss" was actually a complete liar.

In October 2016, Qian Zhimin appeared wearing a mask at a promotion conference.

The participants were all "big guys" with investments exceeding 6 million yuan. Their mobile phones were confiscated and they listened intently to Qian Zhimin's speech.

In the eyes of many, she is a true investment leader. She is said to have high-level connections and is an early promoter of Bitcoin, so everyone is willing to follow her investment.

The speech got so exciting that a group of investors even lifted her up high, and the scene was extremely frenzied.

With the help of funds obtained from illegal fund-raising, Qian Zhimin opened a "digital currency trading account" in the name of Ren Jiangtao and began to purchase Bitcoin in large quantities.

In order to maintain the trust of investors, she also claimed that she would invest in a smart senior care industrial park, build "seven automated mines", etc., and she was extremely capable of drawing pictures.

At first, investors had no doubts about her, but in July 2017, the company suddenly announced that it would "stop rebates", and then "Blue Sky Green" completely exploded.

In order to cope with this situation, Qian Zhimin had already forged an identity called "Zhang Yadi".

She held a fake passport and a laptop with an encrypted wallet, and fled from China to Thailand and then to the UK.

According to reports, police tried to arrest her while in Thailand, but she escaped alert.

After arriving in the UK in September 2017, she hired a Chinese woman named Wen Jian to serve as a translator and handle finances, and she lived a happy life.

Qian Zhimin first sold a large amount of Bitcoin, and then rented a luxury house with a monthly rent of 160,000 yuan, paying half a year's rent at a time, totaling up to one million yuan.

She also purchased a large number of luxury goods, with just two watches worth 120,000 pounds, or approximately 1.12 million yuan.

Wen Jian's son also entered an aristocratic school with the help of Qian Zhimin's "money ability", and Wen Jian accompanied Qian Zhimin to travel to various European countries.

If they had kept a low profile, they might not have been exposed so quickly.

However, the most eye-catching thing is that Qian Zhimin spent 36 million pounds at a time to purchase two luxury properties in London, which attracted the attention of the British police.

In October 2018, the police raided his residence. Qian Zhimin was lying on the bed pretending to be a cerebral palsy patient and managed to escape the search.

The experience left her feeling in danger and she quickly fled after the police check. By the time the police realized the seriousness of the problem, she had already disappeared without a trace.

In this way, Qian Zhimin began his six-year escape career until he was arrested again in 2024.

According to judicial determination, the total amount of illegal funds she raised that year reached 40.2 billion yuan. Later, relevant departments repeatedly refunded 34.1 billion yuan in compensation, and the rest of the money was taken away by Qian Zhimin.

The Bitcoin she once purchased for 1.14 billion yuan now has a market value of about 50 billion yuan, which is shocking.

The most distressing thing is the defrauded investors, many of whom are public officials who can only suffer losses silently because they dare not call the police.