Bitcoin queen planned to reign over own country while on the run

The Chinese ‘Bitcoin queen’ behind a £4.6 billion investment scam planned to reign over her own European country while on the run from police, a court heard. Zhimin Qian, also known as Yadi Zhang, 47, ripped off more than 128,000 investors in a wealth management swindle and fled China in 2017. Qian – which means money in Chinese – flew to the UK using a bogus St Kitts and Nevis passport in the name Yadi Zhang. She worked with Chinese…