How China’s Biggest Scammer Got Caught
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This is the rise and fall of crypto queen Zhimin Qian. After taking money from more than 120,000 people, she flees China and lives in luxury across Europe – until one small mistake brings everything crashing down.
Our reconstruction of Zhimin Qian’s biography is largely based on a detailed profile published by the Chinese magazine China Newsweek.
Sources:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1avYw4P5153-X3j8922GBpIIJXll7tffIyinJ5Ea8Gmc/edit?usp=sharing
Music list:
Artlist:
Flint – No Trust – Flint Remix
DELNOVA – Magnify
Matthias Förster – With Odin’s Help
mee – Telephones
DaniHaDani – Dimension
Flint – i need a break
2050 – Game Over
Oliver Michael – Setup
Ian Post – Secret Garden
Anthony Vega – The Poker Player
Jasmine J Walker – The Queen
Out of Flux – Eclipse
Audiio:
ATYYA Remixes – Breath Of Me
LiamBack – CapitalCorp
Genelex – Comfort Zone
Guzer – Floating
Godmode feat Lavito – Last Man Standing
LivingForce – Road to Danger
JLZ – LOST PLUGINSSSSSS
songstate – too-hard
Joel Bear – Organic Dance
Raphael Novarina – Shadow Man
Epidemic Sound:
Intro for Legends – Bonkers Beat Club
Slow Rhodes – Blue Saga
No More Questions – Experia
Crunched – Bonkers Beat Club
Farewell Parade – DEX 1200
Bite Marks – Eludent
Darkest of Demons – Hampus Naeselius
SIT DOWN – Tigerblood Jewel
Lens Distortions:
Threshold – Threshold
The Last City – Heart of the City
Threshold – Prep Work
Force Multiplier – Knife’s Edge
Force Multiplier – Full Contact
Force Multiplier – In the Zone
Threshold – Stress Test
Into the Storm – Facing Challenges
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@zhuzhou
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
Cool video. I have a tip for you in return: English has this littleknown thing called past tense. don't tell anybody I told ya, you'll thank me one day. get outta here kid.
@The_Mistake8247
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
Fern for president button
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@tangear
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
Please do better to pronounce the pinyin properly. Not the worst I've heard but it's genuinely hard to understand several of the pronunciations. Zhimin Qian's name is barely understandable. (And literally don't worry about the tones)
@DOIAjICSaM
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
14:15 I'm giggling why is there two people t-posing
@Dorei-s4i
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
Hey, I’d like to suggest a subject for your documentary: El Khalifa Bank. It could be really interesting to dig into.
@midnigh_echoes5.4M
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
It's crazy how people still fall for these kind of scams
@SacredSatanic
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
I just learned about a whole ass Lego scandal happening in my home town đŸ˜‚
Apparently the police tried covering it up and all this shit idek the full details, just fucking hilarious. Af cops would absolutely do some shit like that
@NOORANZEBALVI
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
Good
@ryanreviews8566
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
12:30 straight up a pyramid/ponzi scheme oof terrible. I've heard this kind of pitch time and time again especially in my college years
@nvyssss
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
who needs movies when u have this
@osa1632
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
the t poses 14:14 đŸ˜
@Zennine-ar
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
đŸ˜‘đŸ˜‘
@FishHeadswg
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
That's a very generous 3D model you made for her.
@ryanreviews8566
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
we're eating guuud today
@Ondratate
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
What? How is Liberland link to the biggest chinese scammer? LmaoođŸ‡¨đŸ‡¿
@tepotproduction
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
14:14 yoooo tpose
@gregpeloquin6345
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
She just couldn't stop could she? Maybe if she slowed her roll a bit it wouldn't have been so obvious.
@bekindbesuccessful2251
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
These criminals have stolen my over $180000 of my kids hard earned money I have reported to both Police and FBI but I haven't heard anything back from them our life has been a miserable life I have all the hashes and proofs for my stolen money.
@Ryan-jo9cy
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
These criminals have stolen my over $180000 of my kids hard earned money I have reported to both Police and FBI but I haven't heard anything back from them our life has been a miserable life.
@youwild00
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
If I ever go to an event and I see supporters carrying the keynote speaker, chanting, fiending for the speaker's attention, or saying the speaker is close to god…I'm immediately leaving! That's 100% cultist-type behavior!
@danielsterling1
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
wow she really scam a whole nation
@doritoseminar
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
When the fern sound effect played at the beginning, I cried tears of joy.
@A-boo_boo
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
Biggest scammer or biggest scammer
@energymask1562
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
Let’s goooo the fern Intro is backđŸ”¥
@Opie..
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
How can you say Scotland in northern England? đŸ¤£
@Ad-skip
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
06:19 Ad skip
@one2many6991
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
your script feels like ai generated
@TimothyBlankenship-ib9pm
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
71,000 Bitcoins GAW DAYUM, i just want one lol, hell half of one, a tenth of one!
@MuhammadKneebreaker
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
Why was baldi in the thumbnail
@Symbaidia
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
God forbid a woman has hobbiesđŸ™„đŸ™„
@jaideeppatel1896
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
Her confidence needs to be documented in a case study.
@andrzejd5301
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
And when cash is used for illegal transactions no government blinks twice go figure the only difference between Cash and crypto is the real criminals print cash over and over a real Ponzi
@GamingDesign838
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
Nah scammer payback got em
@kayumust
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
people who believe in bitcoin just like a good scam , i don't feel sorry for none of them idiots
@Shortsclips6789
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
Exactly my plan B in my life
@galactic_kiwi
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
China's "biggest" scammer. I see what you did there.
@snare-television
August 13, 2026 at 6:04 am
Very nice video