A $100 million investment in World Liberty Financial’s governance tokens, the largest single publicly disclosed purchase of WLFI tokens, traces back to a Chinese businessman currently under investigation by UK law enforcement for money laundering. The man behind the foundation, Guren “Bobby” Zhou, was arrested in the UK in March 2021 on suspicion of money laundering. Beyond the UK money laundering investigation, Chinese courts have issued civil judgments against him totaling roughly 19.4 million yuan, approximately $2.4 million, for unpaid loans. WLFI tokens function as governance tokens for the World Liberty Financial protocol, giving holders voting rights over protocol decisions. A $100 million investment from an entity connected to a foreign national under money laundering investigation is the kind of case study that regulators point to when arguing for stricter oversight.