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USA v. Scott

  1. June 30, 2022

    Feds Ask For Help Catching Fugitive 'CryptoQueen' Ignatova

    Top federal law enforcement authorities in New York asked Thursday for the public's help in finding "CryptoQueen" Ruja Ignatova, the fugitive head of the $4 billion global OneCoin cryptocurrency scam, dispelling rumors that the famed fugitive may be dead.

  2. April 25, 2022

    Ex-Locke Lord Atty Says Perjury Demands New Crypto Trial

    Attorneys for convicted former Locke Lord LLP partner Mark Scott on Monday urged a Manhattan federal judge to order a new trial over money laundering claims tied to the global OneCoin cryptocurrency scam, saying false testimony from the key cooperating witness demands it.

  3. March 01, 2022

    Ex-BigLaw Atty's Fla. OneCoin Accomplice Avoids Prison

    A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday allowed Florida businessman David Pike to avoid prison for assisting onetime BigLaw attorney Mark Scott in creating investment entities that helped Scott launder $400 million of illegal proceeds from the global OneCoin crypto-scam.

  4. February 09, 2022

    Ally Of Convicted Ex-Atty Aims To Duck Prison Over OneCoin

    A Miami man asked a New York federal judge on Tuesday to sentence him to probation for what he described as a minor role in convicted ex-Locke Lord LLP partner Mark Scott's plot to launder proceeds from the $4 billion OneCoin cryptocurrency scam.

  5. October 20, 2021

    Ally Of Ex-BigLaw Atty To Pay $2.1M After OneCoin Guilty Plea

    A former business partner of Mark Scott, the ex-Locke Lord attorney convicted of aiding the $4 billion OneCoin cryptocurrency scam, agreed on Tuesday to repay nearly $2.1 million as he entered a years-in-the-making guilty plea in New York court.

  6. October 04, 2021

    Ex-BigLaw Atty Expands Perjury Claims In OneCoin Case

    Convicted former Locke Lord LLP partner Mark Scott has told a Manhattan federal judge he has new evidence showing a key government witness committed "far more extensive" perjury than previously thought while testifying about Scott's alleged role in the OneCoin cryptocurrency scam.

  7. September 27, 2021

    Feds Confirm Witness Lied In Ex-BigLaw Atty's OneCoin Trial

    A former Locke Lord LLP partner convicted in the OneCoin cryptocurrency scam is pressing his case for a new trial after prosecutors corroborated allegations that a witness lied during trial about throwing out his laptop and that an investigator "forgot" to pass on reports of the perjury.  

  8. September 17, 2021

    Ex-BigLaw Atty Alleges Perjury Coverup In OneCoin Trial

    The Manhattan District Attorney's Office failed to report accusations that a key witness perjured himself in front of the jury that convicted former Locke Lord LLP partner Mark S. Scott of facilitating the OneCoin cryptocurrency scam, Scott alleged Thursday.

  9. December 08, 2020

    Ex-BigLaw Atty Fights $393M Forfeiture Bid In OneCoin Case

    A convicted and disbarred attorney argued Monday he shouldn't be on the hook for a "crippling" $393 million forfeiture bill for charges related to the OneCoin cryptocurrency scam because prosecutors only proved a $49,000 investor loss at trial.

  10. September 02, 2020

    Feds Want Atty In $393M Crypto Scam To Forfeit College Fund

    Attorney Mark S. Scott should be ordered to forfeit $2.5 million from personal accounts, including a child's college fund, to foot a massive forfeiture tab for laundering $393 million in proceeds from "CryptoQueen" Ruja Ignatova's OneCoin scam, Manhattan federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

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