A British individual suspected of money laundering, Guren Zhou, was reportedly behind the Aqua 1 entity that purchased $100 million worth of WLFI tokens from World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s crypto business, in June 2025. Zhou was arrested in the UK in 2021 on suspicion of money laundering related to the collapse of a cryptocurrency business he launched. This investment raises questions about potential conflicts of interest within the Trump administration, with foreign actors tied to his family’s crypto company. Among World Liberty’s other major backers are Tron founder Justin Sun, with an initial $45 million investment, and an Abu Dhabi entity backed by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, with a reported $500 million stake.
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