March 05, 2024
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.
January 25, 2024
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."
January 19, 2024
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.
November 09, 2023
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.
October 24, 2023
A Bulgarian woman who was accused by prosecutors of helping to manage the proceeds of the $4 billion OneCoin cryptocurrency fraud is nearing a plea deal, according to her attorney.
September 18, 2023
A New York federal judge has refused to grant a new trial to a former Locke Lord LLP partner convicted in 2019 of laundering over $400 million tied to the global OneCoin cryptocurrency scam, finding a key witness's perjury — and prosecutors' awareness of the perjury — likely had no impact on the jury's verdict.
September 12, 2023
The former right-hand man to fugitive "CryptoQueen" Ruja Ignatova was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday for his role atop the $4 billion OneCoin cryptocurrency scheme that defrauded millions of investors around the world.
September 06, 2023
An accomplice to the mastermind behind the $4 billion OneCoin cryptocurrency fraud should be sentenced to at least 30 years in prison for crimes that were "extraordinary and involved nearly unprecedented dimensions," prosecutors have told a New York federal judge.
August 30, 2023
An accomplice to the mastermind of the global OneCoin cryptocurrency scheme asked to be immediately deported to Sweden or given home detention in that country for his role in the scheme, saying he'd already endured a harsh five-year period in prison since his 2018 arrest.
July 20, 2023
A woman who allegedly texted that she would need "mega lawyers" to defend herself against charges that she helped fugitive "CryptoQueen" Ruja Ignatova launder $400 million from the global OneCoin scam got new court-appointed counsel Thursday after a "breakdown" with her attorney.