Frank Schneider loses OneCoin extradition appeal
OneCoin fraudster Frank Schneider has lost his appeal against extradition to the US.
Multiple news sources have reported Schneider’s appeal was rejected by the Court of Cassation on Tuesday.
Nothing seems to stand in the way of the former number 3 of the Luxembourg intelligence services Frank Schneider being extradited from Lorraine, where he currently resides, to the United States.
On Tuesday, the Court of Cassation in Paris announced its decision to allow the extradition of the Luxembourgish businessman to the United States.
And for good measure we’ll also include the paywalled Reporter piece;
The former employee of the Luxembourg secret service, Frank Schneider, can be extradited from France to the USA.
This is the conclusion reached by the French Court of Cassation in Paris, which on Tuesday rejected an objection by the ex-agent against such extradition.
Having lost his objection to extradition and now appeal against that decision, a final decision on Schneider’s extradition rests with the French government.
As I understand it, with the judicial process having played out it’s unlikely they’ll intervene. When a decision will be made on Schneider’s extradition however will be unclear.
Hopefully it’s soon as Schneider (right) just became an even higher probability flight-risk.
Pending the outcome of his extradition proceedings, Schneider was released to his residence in Joudreville – just 30 km from France’s Luxembourg border.
Should Schneider flee, due to his political connections, it’s expected he’ll face no repercussions in Luxembourg.
Schneider is a former Luxembourg Spy Master. He worked directly with founder Ruja Ignatova, providing intelligence and overseeing money laundering operations.
Schneider has already admitted he laundered money for Ignatova. Through his company Sandstone, Schneider claims he made “four to five million euros”.
Given Mark Scott, who was lower on the OneCoin totem pole, pocketed over $50 million, the actual amount Schneider received is likely to be much higher.
Schneider’s US indictment details charges relating to conspiracy to commit electronic fraud and launder money. He is facing 20 years per count on an unknown number of counts (the indictment has yet to be made public).
Schneider, 53, expects to lose the case in the US. He has described his extradition as a “death sentence”.
Update 13th October 2022 – Radio 100.7 has published an article providing clarification on Schneider’s extradition schedule:
If the French government has ordered the extradition, Frank Schneider wants to proceed against it before the French Council of State.
It is assumed that it will only be decided next year whether Frank Schneider, who was arrested in France, will have to go to the United States.
Apart from time wasting, I can’t see Schneider’s appeal going anywhere.
I suppose for now it is better to be imprisoned in your own house than a new “forever home” cell in the US.
Update 9th June 2023 – Following the French government granting his extradition in early April, Schneider fled monitored detention in mid to late May.
French authorities claim they don’t know where he is, making Schneider a wanted fugitive.
Better read this one quick before Schneider pays me to take it down OMEGALUL!
I have said all along that Frank Schneider was just as important, if not more important, than Ruja in the OneCoin crime family.
My concern wasn’t that he would win his fight to be extradited, but he would run when he lost. I pray that the authorities make sure he can’t run and is extradited.
He knows who all the players are that have been able to remain hidden from view, and the inner-workings of the cabal.
I am betting that if he is extradited, he will do his best to cut a sweetheart deal with the authorities; which means hs is going to have to give up a whole host of people.
Who knows, he just might reveal if Ruja is alive or dead, and he knows the answer.
It sucks to be Frank right now.
If he’s the “brains” behind OneCoin and Ruja I guess a lot just got explained.
“Sure Konstantin, go to the US! You’re cool. People like us are bullet proof. I should know. I was number 3 in a secret service for a country much smaller than Dublin”…
In a very comprehensive article today, German journalist Martin Himmelheber describes various topics related to OneCoin. Among other things, he describes the problems of judicial authorities to convict OneCoin fraudsters.
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nrwz.de/schramberg/onecoin-schwer-verdaulich-fuer-justitia/364593
Frank Schneider’s lawyers want to prevent his extradition to the USA.
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tageblatt.lu/headlines/luxemburger-ex-spion-frank-schneider-und-die-auslieferung-an-die-usa/
Schneider’s lawyer apparently found his legal diploma under a rock.
There is no EU guarantee that you get tried under the EU country of your citizenship.
It’s simple. If you break the law of a country (and their citizens or interests are harmed), and that country has a treaty with another and who also recognises what you did as a crime, and you happen to be arrested there, you’re likely to get extradited.
It doesn’t matter that Schneider was never in the US. His actions prejudiced US citizens and interests.
It sucks to be Frank.
Maybe he should swear to Jesus
Article updated with clarification from Radio 100.7 on Schneider’s expected extradition schedule.
Translation: Schneider: “I’m guilty as fuck. Please don’t make me face the music. Someone help me get away with it!”
Forgive me if I’m not sympathetic to your plight, Frank.
Luxembourg does not prevent the extradition of Frank Schneider. It looks more and more likely that the “right hand of Ruja Ignatova” will have to face justice in the US.
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Btw. @Oz, Behindmlm is clearly more popular domain than oneecosystem.eu and dealshaker.com combined.. 😀
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