UK court bid for Thet Li's £10.6 million of watches and jewelry goes past the freeze on his penthouse
UK authorities will ask a court on Monday to keep £10.6 million of watches and jewelry seized from Prince Group's alleged finance chief, Thet Li. It is the only keep-request in Cryptopolitan's report, set against £203.9 million of frozen property.
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UK authorities have frozen the £8.9 million London penthouse of Thet Li, alleged Prince Group finance chief, The Times reported. The flat is the smallest of the five London properties on the paper's list.
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- Evidence55
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- Hype gap+15
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US government sends $770m of seized bitcoin to Coinbase Prime in its biggest outflow since 2024
The US government moved 9,261 bitcoin worth about $770 million to Coinbase Prime, its largest outflow since December 2024, Galaxy Research data showed. The venue is the US Marshals Service's custody desk, so a deposit there does not confirm a sale.
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- Evidence55
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- Hype gap+10
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- Confidence50
US government wallets sent 9,261 bitcoin worth $770 million to Coinbase Prime in two days, according to Galaxy Research. With half from the Bitfinex hack and a 2025 order barring sales, custody or restitution fits the record better than a sale.
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- Evidence58
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- Hype gap+12
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- Confidence60
US-UK sign joint pact to coordinate prosecution of scam-center networks
American and British prosecutors have agreed to decide between themselves where scam-center cases get charged, and an industry disruption event in October will show who outside government is expected to act on that timetable.
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- Evidence44
- Adoption34
- Hype gap+30
- Incentives62
- Confidence45
DOJ and the NCA will decide together which country prosecutes each scam-compound case
The memorandum signed Thursday commits both agencies to an in-person disruption event with private industry partners, hosted by the National Crime Agency in London in early October, on cases they had already found overlapping.
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- Evidence45
- Adoption40
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives65
- Confidence55
Hong Kong's 56 months and Chainalysis's $14bn both point at the stablecoin off-ramp
A recruiter's Hong Kong prison term stands, and the proceeds it fed ran on stablecoins. The gap between traced fraud flows and estimated global losses shows where screening is not looking.
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- Evidence44
- Adoption63
- Hype gap+16
- Incentives61
- Confidence46
China got the handcuffs on Chen Zhi. Expect the fraud to change address, not stop
Beijing's crackdown on Southeast Asian scam compounds is driven by domestic outrage, and one expert told Congress the effect so far has been syndicates pivoting to target Americans.
Reality
- Evidence56
- Adoption58
- Hype gap+6
- Incentives34
- Confidence55