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  1. April 24, 2024

    Feds Nab Latest OneCoin Plea On $35M Laundering Charge

    An eighth defendant has been charged by federal prosecutors over the global OneCoin cryptocurrency scam and has pled guilty to laundering about $35 million in illicit proceeds through bank accounts he controlled in China and Hong Kong.

  2. April 18, 2024

    Ex-BigLaw Atty Can Stay Free During OneCoin Fraud Appeal

    A Manhattan federal judge Thursday granted a former Locke Lord LLP partner's motion for bail pending appeal of his 10-year prison sentence after he was found guilty of laundering around $400 million in proceeds from the global OneCoin cryptocurrency scam, saying he does not pose a flight risk given his medical conditions.

  3. April 10, 2024

    Ex-BigLaw Atty In OneCoin Scam A Flight Risk, Feds Say

    A former Locke Lord LLP partner who was convicted of laundering proceeds from the OneCoin cryptocurrency scam has "every incentive" to flee the country, prosecutors told a New York federal judge, arguing he shouldn't be allowed to stay out on bail while his appeal is pending.

  4. April 03, 2024

    OneCoin Atty Gets 4 Years For Role In $4B Crypto Fraud

    The former head of legal and compliance at OneCoin on Wednesday was sentenced to four years in prison for her role in the $4 billion cryptocurrency scheme that defrauded millions of investors around the world.

  5. March 28, 2024

    Feds Say Ex-OneCoin Atty Should Serve 'Substantial' Time

    Manhattan federal prosecutors have requested a "substantial" amount of prison time for a Bulgarian woman who worked on the legal team at the fraudulent OneCoin cryptocurrency exchange, but said the sentence should fall below the guidelines range of 10 years.

  6. March 21, 2024

    Ex-OneCoin Attorney Says 1 Year In Prison Is Enough

    A Bulgarian woman who held the title of legal and compliance executive at the fraudulent OneCoin cryptocurrency exchange asked a Manhattan federal judge to credit her for the year she'd spent in prison in harsh conditions and not sentence her to any more jail time.

  7. March 05, 2024

    CryptoQueen's Brother Avoids More Prison For OneCoin Fraud

    A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday allowed the younger brother of fugitive OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova to avoid additional prison time for his role in the $4 billion, global cryptocurrency scam, after he testified for the feds at a high-profile trial.

  8. January 25, 2024

    Ex-BigLaw Atty Gets 10 Years For Laundering OneCoin Cash

    A former Locke Lord LLP partner convicted at trial in 2019 of laundering around $400 million in proceeds from the global OneCoin cryptocurrency scam was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison as a New York federal judge found he was well aware that the funds came from a "massive crime."

  9. January 19, 2024

    Ex-BigLaw Atty Seeks 5 Years In OneCoin Case, Feds Urge 17

    A former Locke Lord LLP partner convicted in 2019 of helping launder more than $400 million tied to the global OneCoin cryptocurrency scam asked a New York federal judge Friday for a prison sentence of five years, steadfastly maintaining his innocence, while prosecutors asked that he serve at least 17 years.

  10. November 09, 2023

    OneCoin Legal, Compliance Exec Cops To Crypto Fraud

    A Bulgarian woman pled guilty in Manhattan federal court Thursday to her role in the $4 billion OneCoin global multilevel marketing cryptocurrency scam that ran from 2014 through 2019.

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