Some details from article,
As Bitcoin rocketed in value, Qian could achieve what her company promised its investors - that they could "get rich while lying down". Her assistant Wen Jian - at her own trial last year, which culminated in a six-year jail term for money laundering - said Qian had spent most of her days lying in bed, gaming and online shopping.
That is hilarious but true, her fake investment company could have accidently "failed successfully"/ "failing upwards" for buying into bitcoin, but she decided to be a criminal instead.