United Kingdom’s CPS orders Malaysian money launderer to return $7.6M
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The Crown Prosecution Service of the United Kingdom has asked the financier and fixer of convicted Chinese Bitcoin fraudster Zhimin Qian to return $7.6 million or risk extra jail time. The individual in question, Sen Hok Ling, is a Malaysian international and a known ally of the incarcerated Qian. According to the United Kingdom’s CPS, Ling is a professional money launderer who received 83.7 BTC from Qian between February and April 2024. He cashed out the Bitcoin stash in the United Arab Emirates, sending the funds to accounts based in the country and through other third-party platforms where he converted it into cash. “Ling took part in a sophisticated money laundering operation which laundered many millions of pounds from the proceeds of crime,” said Adrian Foster, Chief Crown Prosecutor of the Crown Prosecution Service Proceeds of Crime Division, in a statement. United Kingdom’s CPS orders money launderer to return stolen funds Ling was sentenced to four years and 11 months in prison last November after pleading guilty to a one-count charge of money laundering in relation to the offence. He was sentenced alongside Qian, identified as Yadi Zhang, who received 11 years and eight months following a guilty plea for two counts of money laundering offences. Prosecutors are now asking Ling to return $7.6 million from the funds that he laundered while the operation was still active. ⚖️ @CPSUK with @metpoliceuk obtained multi-million-pound Confiscation Order against convicted money launderer Seng Hok Ling https://t.co/8qveSYwPr0 pic.twitter.com/83o8LWOcDY — Crown Prosecution Service (@CPSUK) January 22, 2026 According to previous reports, Qian ran a Ponzi scheme in China between 2014 and 2017. She used a company called Lantian Gerui, mostly targeting elderly Chinese investors. The scheme was able to con more than 128,000 out of their pensions and life savings, with most of them lured…
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