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USA v. Scott

  1. May 28, 2020

    High-Level Suspect In $1B OneCoin Scam Hires Barket Firm

    A marketing expert indicted more than two years ago for allegedly building the $1 billion OneCoin cryptocurrency scam alongside its mastermind Ruja Ignatova has hired criminal defense firm Barket Epstein Kearon Aldea & LoTurco LLP as he faces charges from a Manhattan jail cell.

  2. March 30, 2020

    Ex-BigLaw Atty To Be Freed From Miami Jail Due To Virus Risk

    A Manhattan federal judge Monday ordered former Locke Lord LLP corporate partner Mark S. Scott released from a Miami lockup, citing enhanced health risks Scott would face were he to contract COVID-19.

  3. March 27, 2020

    Ex-BigLaw Atty Can't Use Pandemic To Skirt Jail, Feds Say

    Federal prosecutors said Friday that a former Locke Lord LLP attorney convicted of assisting a $400 million cryptocurrency scam can't use the COVID-19 crisis or any other excuse to be let out of jail before his sentencing.

  4. March 26, 2020

    Jailed Ex-BigLaw Atty Wants Bail Restored Before Sentencing

    Lawyers for a former Locke Lord LLP attorney convicted of assisting the head of a $400 million cryptocurrency scam have urged a New York federal judge to reverse the recent revocation of his bail, saying he is not a flight risk and hasn't improperly meddled with frozen assets.

  5. March 24, 2020

    Feds Fight Ex-Atty's Bid To Nix Crypto Money Laundering Rap

    Prosecutors have urged a New York federal court to reject a former Locke Lord LLP attorney's bid to ditch his conviction on charges of conspiring in a $400 million cryptocurrency scam, saying they presented sufficient evidence for a jury to convict him.

  6. March 12, 2020

    Ex-BigLaw Atty's Freedom Ends After Backer Bails On Him

    A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday revoked bail ahead of sentencing for a former Locke Lord LLP attorney found guilty of conspiring in a $400 million cryptocurrency scam after a guarantor said she no longer wanted to insure his freedom with her $750,000.

  7. February 04, 2020

    Ex-BigLaw Atty Seeks To Ditch Crypto Money Laundering Rap

    A former Locke Lord LLP attorney found guilty of conspiring in a $400 million cryptocurrency scam urged a New York federal court on Tuesday to either acquit him or grant him a new trial, arguing that the money laundering and bank fraud case against him was built on "innuendo and hearsay."

  8. November 21, 2019

    Ex-BigLaw Atty Guilty In Crypto Money Laundering Trial

    A Manhattan federal jury on Thursday found former Locke Lord LLP corporate partner Mark S. Scott guilty of helping "CryptoQueen" Ruja Ignatova, the fugitive head of the global OneCoin cryptocurrency scam, launder $400 million and lie to banks.

  9. November 20, 2019

    Ex-Locke Lord Atty Got $50M From 'CryptoQueen,' Jury Told

    Former Locke Lord LLP partner Mark S. Scott was "obsessed" with money and was paid $50 million by "CryptoQueen" Ruja Ignatova, the fugitive head of the global OneCoin cryptocurrency scam, for helping her launder $400 million, prosecutors told a Manhattan jury Wednesday.

  10. November 08, 2019

    Pile Of Docs Ties Ex-BigLaw Atty To OneCoin's 'Cryptoqueen'

    Prosecutors showed a Manhattan jury dozens of documents tying former Locke Lord LLP partner Mark S. Scott to OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova, also known as "Cryptoqueen," on Friday in their $400 million money laundering case as a British investment pro told jurors that the ties were neither affirmatively disclosed nor actively disguised. 

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