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A Chinese expatriate who moved to London in 2007 was found guilty Monday of laundering £2 million worth of bitcoins for a "supervillain" investment fraudster as part of a case that led to U.K. law enforcement's largest-ever seizure of cryptocurrency. But after a seven-week trial, jurors at Southwark Crown Court in London failed to reach a verdict on two other counts charging Jian Wen, 42, with laundering funds for the alleged supervillain, her "boss" and roommate Yadi Zhang, a fugitive suspected of playing a leading role in a scheme that bilked 130,000 investors in China out of more than £5...