By PAUL O’DONOGHUE, Senior Correspondent
A businessman under an active UK money-laundering investigation paid $100 million to the Trump family’s crypto venture.
Guren “Bobby” Zhou made the investment through Aqua 1, a UAE-based investment firm. British authorities arrested Zhou in 2021 on suspicion of money laundering.

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