UK Money Launderer Buys $100 Million in Trump Crypto Project Tokens

TechFlow reports, August 11, according to Cointelegraph, UK businessman Guren Zhou (also known as Bobby), suspected of money laundering, purchased $100 million worth of World Liberty Financial (WLFI) tokens through the Aqua 1 entity in June 2025; the transaction resulted in financial gains for the Trump family and the family of World Liberty co-founder Zach Witkoff.

Aqua 1 claims to be a "Web3 native fund" from the UAE, but Zhou was arrested in the UK in 2021 for suspected money laundering, and his previously operated cryptocurrency business has collapsed. Other major supporters of World Liberty include Justin Sun (initial investment of $45 million) and an Abu Dhabi entity (holding approximately $500 million). White House spokesperson Anna Kelley has stated multiple times that the president's investment "poses no conflict of interest," but the transaction still raised external questions regarding the ties between the Trump administration and foreign crypto capital.