India, Sept. 30 -- The mastermind in what is being called the 'world's largest theft' is a woman who wanted to be a 'goddess' and had plans to build her own kingdom. Zhimin Qian, also known as Yadi Zhang, has pleaded guilty to money laundering offences after British authorities seized devices from her holding 61,000 bitcoins, worth more than £5.5 billion at current prices.

The Metropolitan police believe it is the largest single cryptocurrency seizure in the world, according to a report in The Guardian.

Zhimin Qian, 47, scammed thousands of people in China between 2014 and 2017. She ran a Chinese company called Tianjin Lantian Gerui Electronic Technology which promised investors returns of up to 300 per cent.

Instead of selling le...