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The US has seized more than $14 billion (€12bn) in bitcoin and charged the 38-year-old founder of a Cambodian conglomerate over an alleged global crypto fraud.

Prosecutors say the scam exploited forced labour, laundered billions, and bankrolled yachts, jets β€” even a Picasso.

In an indictment unsealed on Tuesday, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn charged Chen Zhi β€” also known as Vincent β€” the chairman of Prince Holding Group, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to launder mo

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