China gags crypto millionaires in fight against ‘luxury on the internet’
Although opulent lifestyles are standard fare on Instagram and X, crypto millionaires in China may not boast too much about their wealth.
Although opulent lifestyles are standard fare on Instagram and X, crypto millionaires in China may not boast too much about their wealth.
Daren Li and Yicheng Zhang moved cash from so-called pig-butchering scams to Deltec Bank and Trust. It was then converted to tether.
The gang allegedly used USDT to evade China’s foreign exchange regulations and provide a means for criminals to send their funds overseas.
The China CBDC scam uses ‘dividends’ to trick users into sharing the app while also directing them to tools capable of seizing their funds.
Jian Wen has been accused of laundering funds that were stolen from 128,000 Chinese investors and converted to bitcoin between 2014 and 2017.