According to PANews, a 42-year-old British-Chinese woman, Jian Wen, has been found guilty by a UK court for her involvement in the country's largest Bitcoin laundering case. The court could sentence her to a maximum of 14 years in prison. Jian Wen's defense lawyer, Mark Harries, stated that due to the judge's busy schedule, the court has postponed the final verdict, initially scheduled for May 10th, to May 24th.
During the investigation, UK police seized over 61,000 Bitcoins, the largest amount of cryptocurrency ever seized in the country. Based on the exchange rate of one Bitcoin to 50,190 pounds on May 10th, the value of the seized Bitcoins is approximately 3.06 billion pounds. Jian Wen was arrested in a two-bedroom apartment in South London. It is reported that she has returned to work at a restaurant and is living with her son. In the apartment, police found a handwritten note stating, 'I'll be dead if they break the BTC code.'