UK police seized £1.4bn of bitcoin from China investment fraud, court told
英国警方查获14亿英镑涉嫌欺诈洗钱案的比特币
One of the world’s largest seizures revealed during trial of woman accused of laundering cryptocurrency for her former employer
这些比特币据悉源自发生在中国的一起投资诈骗案，此案也是全球范围内执法部门查获的最大规模加密货币脏款之一。
The Metropolitan Police seized more than £1.4bn worth of bitcoin derived from a huge investment fraud in China, a London court heard on Tuesday, one of the largest seizures of the cryptocurrency by law enforcement globally.
伦敦一家法院周二举行聆讯，伦敦警察厅(Metropolitan Police)查获了逾14亿英镑的比特币，这些比特币源于中国的一起巨额投资诈骗案。这是全球范围内执法部门查获的最大规模加密货币脏款之一。
The disclosure came during the trial of Jian Wen, 42, who is accused of laundering bitcoin on behalf of her former employer, an alleged fugitive from the Beijing authorities. Wen has pleaded not guilty.
42岁的Jian Wen正在受审，她被指控代表其前雇主——据称是北京当局的逃犯——进行比特币洗钱。Jian Wen拒不认罪。
In 2018 the UK police seized four separate devices containing more than 61,000 bitcoin from a safety deposit box and a property where Wen and her then-employer, Yadi Zhang, lived at the time, Southwark Crown Court heard.
南华克刑事法庭(Southwark Crown Court)获悉，2018年，英国警方从一个保险箱以及Wen与她当时的雇主Yadi Zhang居住的一处房产中查获了4个独立的设备，其中共有逾6.1万枚比特币。
