By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE, March 27 -- For scam crypto currency OneCoin, Sebastian Greenwood who co-founded the company with Ruja Ignatova was sentenced to 20 years in prison by U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Edgardo Ramos on September 12, 2023. Inner City Press was there and live tweeted, thread here
On January 25, Mark Scott was sentenced to 10 years in prison - but will be asking for bail pending appeal. Thread here.
On February 26 for Konstantin Ignatov, with a 90 year guideline, the US Attorney's Office asked for time served - with lines redacted.
On March 5, Konstantin Ignatov got just that: time served, with two years supervised release and a forfeiture of some $118,000.
On March 20, counsel for Irina Dilkinska asked for time served for her, too - though she did not cooperate. She was allowed to pled to two counts each with a five year maximum. The first letter, from Vasil Mutafchief, says "I firmly believe in Irina's innocence and the need for a thorough reevaluation of the evidence presented at her trial." But she had no trial: she pled guilty. Letter on Patreon here
On March 27, the US wrote in but not with any number, only for a sentence below the guidelines (which they put at 10 years) but with "a substantial period of imprisonment." The US also writes that "Dilkinska told Ignatov that Aamer Abdulaziz, who was one of the main money launderers for Ruja, stole at least 100 million Euros that were proceeds from the OneCoin Fraud Scheme." Why hasn't he been prosecuted or thought?
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