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Fake names and fake passports': Canadian crypto fugitive travelled the world before landing in Serbian jail | CBC News

As his flight departed from Amsterdam's Schiphol airport en route to Kuwait via Istanbul, Canadian crypto fugitive Andean Medjedovic was unaware that his globe-trotting lifestyle would soon be halted. Just two weeks later, on Dec. 11, 2023, Dutch authorities issued a European arrest warrant for the then 21-year-old, alleging he had pulled off a "sophisticated hack" that netted him $48 million US in cryptocurrency.

Cryptocurrency

UK news

fromwww.independent.co.uk

2 months ago

5bn Bitcoin scammer behind UK's largest-ever cryptocurrency seizure jailed

Zhimin Qian jailed 11 years 8 months for laundering over 5bn in Bitcoin from a Ponzi scheme that defrauded more than 128,000 victims.

UK news

fromwww.theguardian.com

2 months ago

Fraudster who hid in London is jailed over 5.5bn bitcoin scam

Zhimin Qian laundered proceeds of a large Ponzi scheme into bitcoin, was arrested after nearly six years at large, and jailed following the UK's largest cryptocurrency seizure.

World news

fromwww.aljazeera.com

3 months ago

Cuba captures alleged Chinese fentanyl kingpin wanted by US, Mexico says

Zhi Dong Zhang, a fugitive Chinese national accused of trafficking fentanyl and cocaine into the U.S., was recaptured in Cuba after escaping Mexican custody.

Los Angeles

fromABC7 Los Angeles

9 months ago

Escaped inmate convicted in LA County murder and wanted for officer's killing now back in custody

A convicted murderer who escaped custody in California is back in custody after a violent incident in Mexico.