Crypto is seizable at scale

UK police recovered 61,000 bitcoin (about $6.7B) linked to a China‑based fraud that targeted 128,000 victims, after a seven‑year, multi‑jurisdiction probe. The principal, Zhimin Qian (aka Yadi Zhang), pled guilty, showing coordinated investigators can trace, freeze, and forfeit even vast on‑chain assets. — It undercuts the belief that cryptocurrency is beyond law‑enforcement reach and strengthens the case for cross‑border AML and asset‑recovery regimes.