ChainCatcher news, the High Court of England issued a ruling on August 7, issuing a global freeze order against Ruja Ignatova, known as the "Crypto Queen," and several of her alleged accomplices involved in the OneCoin scheme.Over 400 victims of the OneCoin collapse joined together to petition the court to freeze the assets of Ignatova, OneCoin co-founder Sebastian Greenwood, Christopher Hamilton, and Robert MacDonald, who are suspected of helping OneCoin launder money, as well as the assets of four influencers who promoted OneCoin to the public.Additionally, business entities suspected of being used for money laundering and purchasing OneCoin assets by Ignatova have also been subjected to global asset freeze sanctions.It is reported that Ruja Ignatova deceived investors through a $4 billion Ponzi scheme from the establishment of OneCoin in 2014 until the fraudulent project collapsed in 2017 and Ignatova went missing. The Crypto Queen was last seen in Athens, Greece in 2017, and has not been seen since, prompting the FBI to place her on its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.

ChainCatcher news, according to Coindesk, the U.S. State Department is offering a reward of $5 million for information leading to the arrest of OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova. The new reward is provided under the State Department's Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program, increasing the previous $250,000 reward offered by the FBI.It is reported that Ruja Ignatova, who once referred to herself as the "Crypto Queen," went missing in Athens in 2017. Ruja Ignatova will be charged in absentia for her involvement in the crypto Ponzi scheme, which defrauded global investors of approximately $4 billion during its collapse from 2014 to early 2017.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, based on court documents submitted in the Southern District of New York, another participant in OneCoin, William Morro, has been arrested. Prosecutors stated that Morro concealed the source of funds related to OneCoin by falsely reporting the source of funds to banks. He was involved in transferring $35 million related to OneCoin to an account in Hong Kong and also transferred about $6 million to an account in the United States.Prosecutors ultimately charged Morro with conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Morro signed a related statement agreeing to "waive the right to a trial by indictment and consent to proceed by information rather than an indictment."OneCoin was founded in 2014 by Karl Sebastian Greenwood and the so-called crypto queen Ruja Ignatova. Greenwood was arrested in Thailand in 2018, charged with fraud and money laundering, and extradited to the United States. Last year, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined $300 million.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the Southern District Court of New York sentenced OneCoin's head of legal and compliance, Irina Dilkinska, to four years in prison and ordered the forfeiture of $111,440,000, along with one month of supervised release.Prosecutors stated that Irina Dilkinska's involvement in the massive OneCoin pyramid scheme was a blatant violation of the law, as she failed to uphold the law and fulfill her duties as the head of legal and compliance, instead facilitating and implementing money laundering activities, helping the project exploit millions of victims.Data records show that OneCoin recruited over 3 million participants, with net sales revenue of nearly $4.4 billion (€4.037 billion) from the fourth quarter of 2014 to 2016. Victims collectively invested over $4 billion in OneCoin.

ChainCatcher news, Konstantin Ignatov is the brother of Ruja Ignatova, the founder of the OneCoin cryptocurrency pyramid scheme, and has been released after three years in prison.It is reported that Ruja Ignatova was placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in June 2022.

ChainCatcher news, lawyer Mark Scott related to the cryptocurrency Onecoin has been sentenced to ten years in prison. He was accused of laundering $400 million from the Onecoin project to maintain a lavish lifestyle. Scott sold a Porsche and transferred the funds to the Cayman Islands, with the judge stating that this money should have been used to compensate the victims of Onecoin. Scott's defense attorneys repeatedly asserted throughout the trial that Scott was unaware. They claimed he did not know that OneCoin was a fraudulent project.Earlier reports indicated that OneCoin's legal and compliance officer Irina Dilkinska admitted to involvement in money laundering and telecom fraud, or she could face 10 years in prison; OneCoin co-founder was sentenced to 20 years in prison and a $300 million fine for defrauding users.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Wall Street Journal, Irina Dilkinska, the "Legal and Compliance Officer" of OneCoin, admitted on Thursday to charges of telecommunications fraud and money laundering for her involvement in what prosecutors described as a $4 billion global multi-level marketing scheme. She could face a total of 10 years in prison for these two charges.OneCoin was founded in 2014 in Sofia, Bulgaria, primarily promoting and selling the cryptocurrency of the same name. However, U.S. federal prosecutors stated that OneCoin was not a cryptocurrency with actual value, but rather a pyramid scheme in which the money from new buyers flowed to its leaders and others who sold the currency early on. Prosecutors claimed that over 3 million people invested in this, and OneCoin generated billions of dollars in revenue and profits.

ChainCatcher News: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced in a statement that OneCoin co-founder Karl Sebastian Greenwood has been sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined $300 million for defrauding 3.5 million investors and using the proceeds to purchase five-star resorts, private jets, and yachts.U.S. Attorney Damian Williams stated in the announcement: "As the founder and leader of OneCoin, Karl Sebastian Greenwood executed one of the largest fraud schemes in history. Greenwood and his accomplices, including fugitive Ruja Ignatova, deceived unsuspecting victims, causing them to lose billions of dollars, promising a 'financial revolution' and claiming that OneCoin would be the 'Bitcoin killer,' while OneCoin was worthless."It is reported that OneCoin was founded by Ruja Ignatova in 2014, and since 2016, the project has been under investigation in the U.S. and the U.K., with several countries attempting to apprehend the fraudsters. Last June, OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova was placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.

ChainCatcher news, Twitter user Nay tweeted that, after analyzing on-chain data, DWF Labs "almost always matches the amount of tokens entering and exiting with time and amount, which means these are not loans, so they are not standard market maker trades." Nay stated that the pattern of all DWF Labs transactions is either to purchase $50,000 to $100,000 worth of stablecoins about once a day, or to make large transactions of up to $5 million each, then deposit all (or almost all) of the funds on CEX.At the same time, many of their public investment transactions cannot be matched with on-chain data, "with $65 million confirmed on-chain, reportedly over $150 million, and many more unreported," Nay said. "One explanation is that they sell tokens on behalf of project teams at no less than a certain price and remit in advance, thus earning a delta. Many transactions have a 10-20% discount, but some do not."In addition, Nay stated that DWF Labs' official head Andrei Grachev is connected to the $4 billion cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme OneCoin, which was previously disclosed by Russian media in 2019. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) charged OneCoin's former head of legal and compliance, Irina Dilkinska, with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering on March 21, with each charge carrying a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.Dilkinska assisted in laundering over $400 million in proceeds from OneCoin and destroyed evidence of the crime after learning that her accomplice had been arrested, as well as sending criminal messages. Dilkinska was extradited from Bulgaria on March 20 and is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court the following day.OneCoin was founded by Ruja Ignatova in 2014, and since 2016, the project has been under investigation in the U.S. and the UK, with several countries attempting to apprehend the fraudsters. Previously, in February, Bulgarian police documents stated that the long-missing Ignatov had been killed by a drug lord in 2018. (source link)

ChainCatcher News, on December 16, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Greenwood pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to charges of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, each carrying a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, facing up to 60 years in total.Previous reports indicated that OneCoin was launched in 2014 and was exposed as a Ponzi scheme in 2017, leading to the disappearance of its key figures, with global losses potentially reaching billions of dollars. In October of this year, three suspects involved in the OneCoin fraud case appeared in a German court. Founder Ignatova remains at large. (Cointelegraph)

ChainCatcher 메시지에 따르면, 블룸버그 통신은 변호사가 현지 시간 10월 18일 무담보 채권자 위원회를 위해 제출한 법률 문서 내용에 따라 미국 연방 정부가 Celsius에 대한 조사를 시작했다고 보도했습니다. 문서에는 정부 기관이 채무자에 대해 조사하는 수와 범위가 매우 중요하다고 명시되어 있으며, Celsius는 최소한 미국 40개 주에서 법 집행 절차나 조사를 받고 있으며, 현재 미국 연방 정부의 조사도 포함되어 있습니다.（출처 링크）ChainCatcher news, three suspects involved in the OneCoin fraud case appeared in a German court this Tuesday. A lawyer from Munich is accused of money laundering, fraud, and banking crimes; this lawyer allegedly assisted Ruja Ignatova (the founder of OneCoin) in transferring 20 million euros to purchase two apartments in London and moving 75 million euros to the Cayman Islands. Ignatova is currently still at large. Also appearing in court was a couple accused of handling 320 million euros in payments from OneCoin clients within a year.Previously, it was reported that Europol placed Ruja Ignatova on its wanted list in May, and the FBI included Ruja Ignatova in its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in June. (source link)