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UK legal pressure tactics on police, regulator unveiled in Carter Ruck papers

By Martin Coyle ( September 30, 2025, 08:18 GMT | Comment) -- Correspondence between UK law firm Carter Ruck and a former client — an alleged $4 billion fraudster dubbed the “CryptoQueen” — have thrown light on the suspected use of legal tactics to shut down scrutiny of wrongdoing. The documents show discussions around putting pressure on the UK police and around the financial regulator’s warnings of a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme known as OneCoin in 2017.Correspondence between UK law firm Carter Ruck and a former client — an alleged $4 billion fraudster — have thrown light on the suspected use of legal tactics to shut down scrutiny of wrongdoing....

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