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A real-estate broker in Dubai allegedly devised several schemes to help a Chinese expatriate living in Britain invest millions of pounds worth of illicit bitcoins offshore despite his full knowledge that she could not show that the funds came into her possession legitimately. Jian Wen, 42, went on trial at Southwark Crown Court in London on Jan. 30 after allegedly attempting to launder millions of pounds worth of bitcoins for her "boss" and roommate, Yadi Zhang, a fugitive accused of helping orchestrate a cryptocurrency-related investment fraud scheme that bilked tens of thousands of victims in China out of more than...