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The bad news for OneCoin continues, with the Hungarian Central Bank today announcing a joint investigation with various police departments and tax authorities.

With the glitz of the Global Macau event come and gone, it’s back to reality for OneCoin affiliates. As authorities in India continue to investigate the scam, the latest development is another Rs. 240 million ($3.7 million USD) has been seized.

The problem with OneCoin affiliates getting excited about their blockchain whitepaper reveal earlier today, is it suggests that OneCoin are only now using a blockchain. Despite evidence to the contrary, OneCoin has maintained its Ponzi points have operated as a legitimate cryptocurrency since day one. At a training event earlier today it OneCoin’s whitepaper was [Continue reading…]

With affiliates unable to withdraw their Ponzi points, the stakes for OneCoin have never been higher. The 2018 date for going public has bought the company some time but alone isn’t enough to placate affiliates who’s invested and lost money. Enter the glitzy global event in Macau, which serve as a distraction from the predicament OneCoin [Continue reading…]

Chris Principe had a budding career going in to bat for MLM underbelly Ponzi schemes. Having already enjoyed exposure of his Financial IT magazine for running a cover story on OneCoin and speaking at a company event, Principe was cozying up to Skyway Capital for his next gig. Like OneCoin, Skyway Capital is also a Ponzi [Continue reading…]

Following the arrest of eighteen OneCoin affiliates in Mumbai, India last weekend, a Judicial Magistrate remanded the accused to judicial custody. As I understand this limits police access to the accused, Mumbai police filed a petition to have the scammers remitted to police custody.

Last year the mystery of why OneCoin were using stock video footage to represent their blockchain was solved. OneCoin had no blockchain and were simply recording script-generated Ponzi points allocation on a SQL database. The revelation was made public following a OneCoin blockchain development job offer to Bjorn Bjercke. Bjercke is a professional blockchain developer [Continue reading…]

The Steinkeller brothers are currently the second biggest earners in the OneCoin Ponzi scheme. Second only to Juha Parhiala, the brothers head up “One Dream Team” and are routinely trotted out at OneCoin events. Hailing from South Tyrol, a province in northern Italy, the Steinkeller brothers are purportedly well-known to local authorities. According to the [Continue reading…]

The news of Germany’s top financial regulator deeming OneCoin illegal has sent shock waves through the OneCoin affiliate base. This has OneCoin management spooked, with the latest ploy a desperate bid to have independent coverage of the ban removed from the internet.

The trouble with running a Ponzi scheme is you attract all manner of seedy people. When OneCoin told affiliates it was suspending withdrawal requests earlier this year, their less than scrupulous investors had to come up with new ways to withdraw money. For affiliates in India, that meant creating new accounts for unsuspecting victims and [Continue reading…]