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  1. 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."

  2. 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.

  3. November 09, 2023

    OneCoin Legal, Compliance Exec Cops To Crypto Fraud

    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.

  4. October 24, 2023

    Accused OneCoin Conspirator Nearing Plea Deal

    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.

  5. September 18, 2023

    Ex-BigLaw Atty Loses Bid For New Crypto Laundering Trial

    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.

  6. September 12, 2023

    OneCoin Co-Founder Gets 20 Years For $4B Crypto Fraud

    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.

  7. September 06, 2023

    Feds Want 30-Year Sentence For OneCoin Co-Founder

    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.

  8. August 30, 2023

    Former OneCoin Exec Wants Time Served For $4B Fraud

    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.

  9. July 20, 2023

    New Atty, But No 'Mega Lawyers,' For Jailed OneCoin Figure

    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.

  10. April 11, 2023

    OneCoin Exec Can Be Sentenced On $4B Loss, Judge Finds

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday declined to limit his consideration of worldwide losses from the alleged $4 billion OneCoin cryptocurrency scam as part of the sentencing process for the former right-hand man to "CryptoQueen" Ruja Ignatova, rejecting claims that only U.S. losses should apply.

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