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According to The Paper, the case of Qian Zhimin, involving over 40 billion yuan in illegal fund-raising and more than 60,000 bitcoins, has seen new progress in China's judicial proceedings. On October 13, the Second Intermediate People's Court of Tianjin Municipality announced that it accepted the case on September 28 concerning an application by the Second Branch of the Tianjin Municipal People's Procuratorate to confiscate the illegal proceeds of criminal suspect Qian Zhimin. The assets targeted for confiscation include 61,896.41552945 bitcoins, 72,745.79502 Bitcoin Cash, 72,745.78555 Bitcoin Gold, 72,745.7845 Bitcoin SV, 3,605,989.9995 Ripple (XRP), 70,081,208.62553222 Dogecoin, as well as cash, jewelry, financial assets, and other items.
Odaily News: On October 13, the Tianjin Second Intermediate People's Court issued an announcement stating that on September 28, the court filed and accepted a case in which the Tianjin People's Procuratorate Second Branch applied for the forfeiture of illegal gains involving criminal suspect Qian Zhimin. The case involves over 40 billion yuan in illegal fundraising and more than 61,800 bitcoins.According to the list of property subject to forfeiture published by the Tianjin Second Intermediate People's Court, the virtual currencies involved also include approximately 72,700 Bitcoin Cash, approximately 72,700 Bitcoin Gold, approximately 72,700 Bitcoin SV, approximately 3.606 million XRP, and approximately 70.0812 million Dogecoin. The aforementioned Dogecoin has been converted by UK judicial authorities and deposited into an interest-bearing account. The property subject to forfeiture also includes cash in US dollars, euros, and pounds sterling, jewelry, as well as bank balances, investment portfolios, and other assets. The Tianjin People's Procuratorate Second Branch holds that Qian Zhimin is suspected of the crime of fundraising fraud, and after fleeing and being wanted for one year has failed to appear in court. The more than 61,800 bitcoins and other property seized in the UK constitute illegal gains and their proceeds, and should be recovered in accordance with the law, with forfeiture imposed after lawful restitution to the affected fundraising participants.
According to the 21st Century Business Herald, the Chaoyang Branch of the Beijing Public Security Bureau announced that it has recently filed a case to investigate Yixin-related companies for suspected illegal and criminal activities. Currently, several suspects, including the actual controllers surnamed Tang and Zhao, have been subjected to criminal compulsory measures in accordance with the law. The report indicates that Yixin Group had previously fully suspended payouts on its quasi-fixed income products on May 22, and issued an apology letter to relevant investors on October 11. Yixin stated that the group has incurred significant losses across multiple business lines, and the market disposal value of its assets is relatively low. Initial findings suggest that the group may be facing insolvency and a substantial debt repayment shortfall.
According to Shenzhen News Network, the Shenzhen Branch of the People's Bank of China, the Shenzhen Bureau of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the Municipal Internet Information Office, and the Municipal Local Financial Administration jointly launched a special rectification campaign, announcing and permanently closing a batch of non-compliant self-media accounts. The violations were mainly divided into two categories: first, accounts such as "USDT Merchant Exchange Group" and "Search Bitcoin" violated regulations by providing virtual currency marketing and promotion within the mainland, inducing the public to participate in illegal financial activities; second, accounts such as "Pajama Old Zhang" and "Zhengwu Stock Path" lacked securities and futures qualifications, and by showing profit screenshots, publishing live trading operations, etc., induced netizens to pay to join groups and purchase financial management courses, illegally engaging in securities and futures business. The aforementioned accounts have been permanently closed by the platforms in accordance with the law, and Shenzhen authorities stated that they will continue to increase efforts to rectify the online environment.
According to Chainalysis, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) updated its sanctions list against ISIS-K (Islamic State Khorasan Branch) on July 1, adding 134 cryptocurrency wallet addresses, of which 131 are on the TRON chain and 3 are Monero addresses. On-chain data shows that the aforementioned TRON wallets have cumulatively received over $1.4 million since 2023 and transferred out over $880,000, with some funds flowing to Syrian crypto exchangers. Currently, Tether has frozen the balances of all 131 TRON addresses. Additionally, on the same day, OFAC also sanctioned two Brazilian individuals and four companies related to the Latin American criminal organization "Primeiro Comando da Capital" (PCC), accusing them of using cryptocurrency to transfer over $30 million in illegal proceeds across borders from the United States to Brazil.
According to the New Straits Times, Thailand has issued an arrest warrant for Chinese businessman Wang Yicheng, accusing him of involvement in a transnational network that laundered proceeds from fraud and online gambling through illegal cryptocurrency mining. Thailand’s Special Branch of the Police stated that Wang Yicheng was charged in November 2025 with theft and violations of the Computer Crime Act; he is currently suspected of having fled the country, and Thai authorities are cooperating with international law enforcement agencies to track his whereabouts.
The People’s Bank of China Shaoguan Branch, in collaboration with the General Office of the Shaoguan Municipal People’s Government, issued a risk alert on virtual currencies ahead of the “4·15” National Security Education Day for All Citizens. It also disclosed four typical cases: money laundering through “high-paying U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin (USDT) part-time jobs,” illegal fundraising under the guise of “capital-guaranteed, high-yield cryptocurrency trading,” pyramid scheme fraud involving the “RWA Digital Culture & Tourism Fund,” and offline “currency swapping” activities constituting de facto foreign exchange transactions. Regulators clarified that virtual currency exchange, trading, and RWA tokenization activities are all illegal financial activities. Projects promising “high returns, low risk, and guaranteed profits” are mostly scams. The public should abandon fantasies of getting rich overnight, steer clear of virtual currency-related investments, opt for legitimate financial channels, and promptly report any suspicious activity to the police to minimize losses.