OneCoin was a digital currency scheme founded in 2014 that was eventually found to be a fraudulent Ponzi scheme. Scott was one of the most high-profile individuals involved in the scam. The co-founder of OneCoin, Karl Sebastien Greenwood, is already behind bars after he was handed down a 20-year sentence in September last year. Both…
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U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: Irina Dilkinska, the supposed Head of Legal and Compliance for the OneCoin cryptocurrency pyramid scheme, accomplished the exact opposite of her job title and allegedly enabled OneCoin to launder millions of dollars of illegal proceeds through shell companies. Dilkinska helped perpetuate a wide-ranging scheme with millions of victims and billions…
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US Attorney Damian Williams commented: As a founder and leader of OneCoin, Karl Sebastian Greenwood operated one of the largest international fraud schemes ever perpetrated. Greenwood and his co-conspirators, including fugitive Ruja Ignatova, conned unsuspecting victims out of billions of dollars, claiming that OneCoin would be the ‘Bitcoin killer.’ In fact, OneCoins were entirely worthless. …
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The announcement is also published by the police in the western German province of North Rhine-Westphalia. OneCoin was launched in 2014 by Ignatova who is a Bulgarian-born German national. OneCoin is considered one of the largest crypto scams. The Ponzi crypto scheme claimed to have over 3 million members around the world and has generated…
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After years of chasing the founder of the largest Ponzi scheme in the crypto world, Ruja Ignatova, her brother, Konstantin Ignatov finally pleaded guilty for committing fraud and money laundering. Not only did he admit these crimes, but he also accused the founder of a racehorse fund of stealing $110 million from the Ponzi scheme.…
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The largest Ponzi scheme in the crypto world, as Leaprate reported not long ago, is OneCoin. While there are many fake ICOs, OneCoin stands out as the largest one - defrauding the global economy of approximately $4 billion in under 5 years. While the founder, Ruja Ignatova, and her brother are the main "heroes" of…
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There are absolutely a lot of dubious ICOs out there - more than 70% of all ICOs created and funded in 2017 and 2018 are gone, and with them, the money of the investors. The problem is that while there is always risk with investing, especially in something as speculative as an ICO, founders should…
Read moreProbably the largest Ponzi scheme in the modern world was "designed" by Bernie Madoff who scammed corporate America with around $70 billion back in 2008. Now, as cryptocurrencies garnish share in the world's economy, it is not surprising to learn that there are also cryptocurrency Ponzi schemes. One such is called OneCoin. OneCoin is a…
Read moreTwo days ago the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) stated that consumers should be wary of dealing with the software and technology company OneCoin. OneCoin commented earlier today that is disappointed that the FCA has issued a statement without having first contacted the company. OneCoin claims that it has not been contacted by the City of…
Read moreThe UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) believes that consumers should be wary of dealing with OneCoin, which claims to offer the chance to make money through the trading and ‘mining’ of virtual currencies. OneCoin markets itself as ‘a digital currency, based on cryptography’. It claims to have a finite amount of currency units which means…
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