Bollcoin reported on October 21, citing the Daily Mail, that the UK Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), in response to a freedom of information request, disclosed that Hok Seng Ling, an assistant to "Bitcoin Queen" Qian Zhimin, has paid in full the £5,603,305 confiscation order imposed by the court, plus an additional £1,990 in interest. Most of this sum was cryptocurrency seized at the time of his arrest.