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May 30, 2024
Ex-BigLaw Atty Fights 10-Year Sentence In OneCoin Case
A former Locke Lord LLP partner urged the Second Circuit Wednesday to ax his 10-year prison sentence and conviction for laundering around $400 million in proceeds from the global OneCoin cryptocurrency scam, saying the case was contaminated by perjury and errors at the trial court level.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.