UK's National Crimes Unit, NCA, has reached a settlement with a Chinese national to recover assets worth more than £20m, including three dinosaur fossils and London property, deemed to represent the proceeds of crime.
Binghai Su, 37, is a Chinese national currently residing in the UK who was linked to a money laundering investigation in Singapore in 2023-2024. The investigation was Singapore’s largest ever money laundering case which culminated in simultaneous raids by over 400 police officers on 15 August 2023 and recovered more than $2bn in criminal assets. Binghai Su was never charged in relation to the Singapore investigation.
In April 2025, the NCA was granted an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) and freezing order over Binghai Su’s UK assets by the High Court in London. Binghai Su chose not respond to the UWO, and instead instructed Counsel to submit an application to discharge the UWO and freezing order. The hearing of the discharge application was listed for 5 November 2025.
On 5 November 2025 the NCA reached a settlement with Binghai Su and his company Su Empire Limited to recover assets that were deemed to represent the proceeds of crime.
The assets include three fossilised dinosaur skeletons — two Allosaurus skeletons (one juvenile/mother pair) and one Stegosaurus skeleton. The fossils were acquired via auction for a total around £12.4 million in December 2024.