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How Chinese takeaway worker led police to Bitcoin worth £3bn in Britain’s biggest ever cryptocurrency seizure | UK News
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Within weeks of Yadi Zhang’s arrival in London in September 2017, Jian Wen had left her job and room in a Chinese takeaway and moved into a £5m six-bedroom house near Hampstead Heath. The women, who claimed to run an international jewellery business trading in diamonds and antiques in countries including Japan, Thailand and China,…
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Jeff Bezos sells billions of pounds worth of Amazon stock | Business News
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Jeff Bezos has sold more than $4bn (£3.2bn) worth of his shares in Amazon over the past few days. The Amazon founder and executive chairman sold nearly 12 million shares of Amazon stock worth more than $2bn (£1.58bn) on 7 and 8 February, according to a statement he filed with federal regulators. The collective value…
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Bitcoin worth £1.4bn seized after ex-takeaway worker tried to buy £23m mansion, court hears | UK News
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Bitcoin worth more than £1.4bn was seized by police after a former Chinese takeaway worker tried to buy a £23.5m Hampstead mansion, a court has heard. Jian Wen, 42, is alleged to have acted as a “front person” to help launder some of the profits of a £5bn investment fraud carried out in China by…
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Amateur rapper and her husband plead guilty after trying to launder stolen Bitcoin worth billions | Science & Tech News
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An amateur rapper and her husband have pleaded guilty to attempting to launder stolen Bitcoin. Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein went to desperate lengths in their attempts to convert billions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency into cash. At the time of their arrest in 2022, the stash of 120,000 Bitcoin was worth $4.5bn (£3.5bn). The…
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AI chipmaker Nvidia joins tech giants to be worth $1trn | Business News
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A company that makes microchips for artificial intelligence (AI) has become the first chipmaker to be worth $1trn. Nvidia has joined the ranks of tech giants worth the eye-watering sum, including Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Google parent company Alphabet, as investors expect the company will benefit from the AI revolution. It makes chips that are…