The main suspect in the 60,000 Bitcoin money laundering case, Qian Zhimin, may face up to 14 years in prison

According to Hongxing News, Qian Zhimin, a businesswoman who previously fled to the UK with nearly 50 billion yuan worth of Bitcoin and pleaded guilty in court in the UK's "largest Bitcoin money laundering case," will be sentenced on Tuesday local time, facing a maximum of 14 years in prison.

Qian Zhimin's defense lawyer, Richard Thomas, stated that his client had no prior criminal record and had behaved well during her detention. Richard mentioned at the sentencing hearing that Qian Zhimin had been working hard to learn English in prison and "even wrote poetry."