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Morning Edition · Friday, October 23, 2026Published at 1:49 AM EDT · New York
Tianjin Court Moves to Confiscate 61,896 Bitcoin That British Authorities Seized From Fraud Convict Qian Zhimin
Chinese prosecutors value the coins at about $5.1 billion and want them for more than 102,000 investors, which puts Beijing's claim against Britain's own recovery process.
China has opened its own proceeding to confiscate the bitcoin that British police seized from Qian Zhimin, Bitcoin Magazine reported. Qian fled China in 2017 and settled in Britain. Tianjin's Second Intermediate People's Court accepted pros…
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