外卖员变身洗钱帮凶:55亿英镑比特币骗局背后的跨国洗钱网络

比推Published on 2025-09-30Last updated on 2025-09-30

原文作者:Henry Vaughan

原文编译:Sleepy.txt,BlockBeats

原标题:一名外卖员卷入的55亿英镑骗局,英国史上最大加密货币洗钱


编者按:近日,随着主犯 Zhimin Qian(又名 Yadi Zhang)在伦敦法庭认罪,这起涉及 61,000 多枚比特币、案值高达 55 亿英镑的骗局,终于迎来了关键节点。它是英国迄今为止规模最大的加密货币案件,一名在伦敦送外卖的普通华人,卷入了横跨中英的庞大洗钱网络中。

故事的开端带着戏剧色彩。Jian Wen,一位在伦敦过着清贫日子的单身母亲,因为一则微信上的管家招聘广告,认识了神秘的女富豪 Zhimin Qian。很快,她的生活彻底改写,从外卖店楼上的宿舍搬进月租 1.7 万英镑的汉普斯特德豪宅,开奔驰,买奢侈品,环球旅行。表面上是一出「麻雀变凤凰」的故事,背后却是一个巨大的犯罪深渊。

这笔巨款的源头,可以追溯到 2014 至 2017 年。那几年,Zhimin Qian 在中国策划了一场大规模投资骗局,从超过 12.8 万名投资者手中卷走资金,其中大多数是老年人。她随后将这笔钱兑换成比特币,带着数字资产潜逃英国。Jian Wen 的角色,则是她在伦敦的代理人,负责把这些黑钱洗白。

她们的洗钱手法简单粗暴,买珠宝、名表、豪车,甚至盯上伦敦顶级房产,其中包括一栋标价 2,350 万英镑的七居室豪宅。这种消费水平与 Jian Wen 申报的收入(年不足 6,000 英镑)形成了刺眼反差,也正因如此,触发了英国的反洗钱警报,将整个犯罪网络暴露出来。

伦敦警察厅经济与网络犯罪指挥部负责人 Will Lyne 说,这是英国历史上最大的洗钱案之一,也是全球案值最高的加密货币案件之一。他介绍,警方通过细致调查,并与中国执法部门展开前所未有的合作,最终掌握了足够证据,确认 Qian 试图在英国清洗的加密资产来自犯罪。

这起案件的侦破历时七年,是一场跨国追捕。它揭示了加密货币如何被利用来转移和隐藏非法所得,也折射出现代金融犯罪的复杂性。伦敦警察厅与中国天津、北京的执法团队紧密协作,最终将主犯绳之以法。

Jian Wen 已在 2024 年 5 月因洗钱罪被判处六年零八个月监禁,她始终辩称自己被蒙蔽、遭人利用。如今,随着主犯 Zhimin Qian 认罪,这条犯罪链条的最后一环也已落定,等待她的将是法律的裁决。

以下是一篇写于 2024 年的深度调查报道,记录了这宗英国史上最大加密货币洗钱案的来龙去脉。

2017 年 9 月,Yadi Zhang 抵达伦敦几周后,Jian Wen 便辞去了中餐外卖店的工作,搬离员工宿舍,入住汉普斯特德荒野附近一栋价值 500 万英镑的六居室豪宅。

两人对外宣称经营国际珠宝生意,在日本、泰国和中国从事钻石与古董贸易。她们周游世界,在哈罗德百货花费数万英镑购买设计师服饰与鞋履。

在这段新生活中,Wen 购入一辆 2.5 万英镑的奔驰 E 级轿车,并将儿子送入学费每学期 6,000 英镑的希思赛德预备学校。

但当她试图购买伦敦一些最昂贵的房产时,警钟敲响了。这些房产包括一栋价值 2,350 万英镑、带游泳池的七居室豪宅,以及一栋 1,250 万英镑、配有影院和健身房的别墅。

然而,Wen 在 2016/17 财年申报的收入仅为 5,979 英镑,且完全无法解释用于支付房产的比特币来源。2018 年 10 月 31 日,警方首次突击搜查了两人的住所。

Jian Wen 在南华克刑事法院受审。图片来源:CPS

直到两年半后,调查人员才意识到,他们实际上已经完成了英国史上最大规模的加密货币缴获,在一个数字钱包中查获超过 61,000 枚比特币。

这些比特币在当时价值约 14 亿英镑,而到 2024 年 3 月,其市值已超过 30 亿英镑。与案件相关的 23,308 枚比特币仍在流通,如今的价值也已超过 10 亿英镑。

50 亿英镑投资诈骗案

法庭证词显示,这些比特币源自 45 岁的 Zhang 在中国策划的一起价值 50 亿英镑的投资骗局。2014 至 2017 年间,她通过虚假的财富计划欺骗了近 13 万名投资者,随后持假冒的圣基茨和尼维斯护照进入英国。

Wen 并未被指控参与诈骗本身。Zhang 的本名是 Zhimin Qian,目前已逃离英国,下落不明。

42 岁的 Wen 被判定在 2017 年 10 月至 2022 年 1 月期间犯有一项洗钱罪。陪审团在南华克刑事法院的审理中,未能就另外两项类似指控达成一致。检方表示不会寻求重审,Wen 将于 5 月 10 日接受量刑。

她们在汉普斯特德租了一栋月租 17,000 英镑的房子。图片来源:CPS

在去年的审判中,Wen 被判无罪的另外 10 项洗钱指控未被公开报道。原因是担心一旦披露相关数字,可能引来黑客盯上那些持有被缴获加密货币的公司。

作为 A 级囚犯,Wen 身材娇小,戴着一副大圆眼镜,被铐着带到证人席。她作证时,门口站着两名法庭警官。

她向陪审员讲述了自己的背景:出身于中国的一个工人阶级家庭,后来结识了丈夫 Marcus Barraclough,并在 2007 年怀孕时持配偶签证来到英国。

Wen 在瑞士参观 Lindt 巧克力店。图片来源:伦敦警察厅

Wen 的生活方式转变

儿子出生后,这段婚姻破裂了,Wen 在利兹过着清贫的生活,在那里她先后获得法律文凭和经济学学士学位。2017 年夏天,她搬到伦敦。

那时,她已经开设了加密货币账户,在一本印有动画角色的笔记本上做着细致记录。但她声称自己「完全不知道」很快就会卷入如此巨额的比特币交易。

在伦敦东南部 Abbey Wood 的一家中餐外卖店工作时,她申请过数十份工作,住在餐厅楼下的房间里。直到在微信上看到一则管家招聘广告,她才第一次在肯辛顿的五星级皇家花园酒店见到 Zhang。此后,她在简历中把这份工作写成「高净值人士的住家私人助理」。

不久之后,两人支付了 40,000 英镑押金和半年的预付租金,搬进了汉普斯特德一栋月租 17,000 英镑的房子。随后,Wen 前往泰国和迪拜旅行,两人也频繁出入欧洲各国。Zhang 使用「Rose」「Emma」「Hua Hua」等化名,刻意避开与中国有引渡协议的国家。

Wen 试图购买汉普斯特德房产。图片来源:伦敦警察厅

汉普斯特德豪宅和托斯卡纳别墅

她们将比特币兑现金,用来购买高价珠宝。收据显示,在苏黎世 Christopher Walser Vintage Diamonds 花费了 25,600 英镑和 18,750 英镑;在瑞士 Van Cleef & Arpels,则买下了两块手表,价格分别为约 49,300 英镑和 69,900 英镑。

2017 年底三个月内,Wen 名下的会员卡在哈罗德百货的消费超过 90,000 英镑,支出涵盖女装、珠宝和鞋履。她在法庭上辩称:「我只是负责拎包的。」

Wen 还在迪拜购入两套公寓,总价超过 500,000 英镑,并一度考虑在托斯卡纳买下一栋价值 1,000 万英镑、带海景的 18 世纪别墅。

Wen 在德国旅行。图片来源:伦敦警察厅

警方突击搜查中发现的成捆现金。图片来源:CPS

她们在伦敦购房的尝试触发了反洗钱审查。由于无法解释比特币的来源,这些数百万英镑的交易全部告吹。

Wen 起初声称加密货币来自挖矿,后来又改口说是「爱情礼物」。她甚至起草了一份赠与契约,写明 Zhang 曾送给她 3,000 枚比特币,当时价值约 1,500 万英镑。

检方认为,Wen 实际上扮演了代理人的角色,帮助掩盖被盗资金的来源,这些钱被转化为加密货币,以便从中国转移出去。

大律师 Gillian Jones 在庭审中指出,当 Zhang 抵达伦敦时,她需要把比特币变现,或转化为「房产、珠宝或其他高价值物品」。

Wen 承认自己参与过部分比特币的处理安排,但坚持称并不知道这些资产源自犯罪。她强调自己被「老板」欺骗了:「我们很亲近……但现在回想起来,我被严重利用了。我不知道她在哪里。」

警方表示,他们仍在积极追捕 Zhang。


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