Taiwan Crypto Investigator's Death Ruled an Accident Amid Conspiracy Theories

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The death of a crypto finance investigator has been ruled an accident by prosecutors after conspiracy theories online claimed she was murdered by criminal gangs for digging into cryptocurrency money laundering schemes.

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00:00Caught on dashcam, this is the traffic collision that inspired a slew of criminal conspiracies.

00:06In the early hours of December 4th, on a freeway in northern Taiwan, Chen Meihui, a financial

00:12crime investigator for virtual currency exchange XREX, was killed in the back of a taxi after

00:19it was rear-ended.

00:20Despite accusations of foul play, the collision has been ruled an accident.

00:40Theories surfaced that Chen Mei have been targeted by criminal gangs, after it was revealed

00:46that she herself had been questioned by prosecutors just hours before the incident, alongside

00:52her boyfriend and the owner of XREX, on suspicion of leaking information.

00:57With cryptocurrencies untraceable, criminal gangs have increasingly used them in their

01:02activities.

01:04Further fuelling rumours of a planned killing, media reports that Chen had worked on a high-profile

01:09fraud case involving the infamous 88 Guildhall in Taipei, a guesthouse frequented by high-ranking

01:16politicians including the leader of Taiwan's third party, Ke Wen-je, who remains in detention

01:22pending a corruption investigation.

01:26But with prosecutors dismissing claims of a premeditated attack, the driver of the second

01:31vehicle was charged with death by negligence, after it was confirmed he was a taxi driver

01:37speeding to bring a couple to the airport.

01:40These findings seemingly enough to quell Chen's family's suspicions.

01:55Despite the evidence, some remain doubtful, convinced of foul play by fast-spreading rumours

02:02online, and Taiwan's ongoing problem with tech-savvy organised crime.

02:07But for Chen's family at least, some closure, as she's finally laid to rest, alongside their

02:13doubts that she was killed in cold blood.

02:16Devin Cai and Rhys Ayres for Taiwan Plus.

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