The U.S. Division of Justice (DOJ) has revisited its case in opposition to Frank Schneider who served because the Disaster Supervisor for OneCoin — a $4 billion rip-off undertaking.
OneCoin was a crypto-based Ponzi scheme led by Bulgarian nationwide Ruja Ignatova in 2014. The rip-off undertaking collapsed in 2017 after elevating about $4 billion from traders throughout 175 international locations. Since then authorities world wide together with the DOJ have been trailing its masterminds.
Luxembourg-born Frank Schenider reportedly served as OneCoin’s Disaster Supervisor and labored carefully with the Cryptoqueen. Given his shut ties with the undertaking founders, the DOJ has known as for his extradition to the U.S.
Earlier on Sept. 24, 2020, the DOJ filed a movement in opposition to Schenider. Nevertheless, the claims in opposition to him had been sealed till Dec. 5, 2022, when U.S. Legal professional Damian Williams accredited the unsealing of the movement for Schenider’s trial to begin.
An arrest warrant has been issued in opposition to Schneider who is anticipated to be extradited to the U.S. He’s set to face trials earlier than a Southern District Court docket on two-count fees of wire fraud and cash laundering.
If confirmed responsible, Schneider danger dealing with as much as 40 years imprisonment along with forfeiting all belongings and financial proceeds from the OneCoin rip-off.
DOJ going after OneCoin masterminds
Whereas the CryptoQueen stays at massive, different shut allies of the OneCoin rip-off have been indicted.
British nationwide Christopher Hamilton was reportedly extradited to the U.S. earlier in August for trials with the DOJ.
OneCoin’s lawyer Mark Scott is dealing with a 20-year jail time period after being indicted in November 2019 for laundering about $400 million from the scheme.
The FBI is reportedly working with Konstantin Ignatov to trace down his “most needed” sister.
