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OneCoin co-founder Sebastian Greenwood has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Citing the need for “general deterrence” against MLM Ponzi schemes, Judge Ramos handed down Greenwood’s sentence on September 12th.

OneCoin co-founder Sebastian Greenwood is scheduled to be sentenced on September 12th. In the lead up to his sentencing, Greenwood’s lawyer filed a Sentencing Memorandum on August 29th. In the memorandum, Greenwood’s lawyers request Greenwood be sentenced to time served and deported.

Legal Punk presents itself as an MLM focused spinoff of the German law firm SBS Law. Instead of just being upfront about that, SBS Law is presented as a “partner” on Legal Punk’s website. Cited as co-founders of Legal Punk on its website are Andre Schenk, Andrais Hamori and Dirk Ulaszewski. Andre Schenk is one [Continue reading…]

What is left of the Success Factory pyramid scheme has collapsed. Over the past week co-CEOs Roald Mailly and Jason Tyne have both announced their bailing on the company.

Earlier today a reader reached out with an interesting find: What you’re looking at are Bulgarian singers Alisia & Тoni Storaro, promoting their new single “Полудях”. The music video for Полудях was uploaded to YouTube on July 7th… …and it was shot at Ruja Ignatova’s Sozopol mansion.

Disbarred OneCoin lawyer Per Danielsen has lost his case against the Norwegian government. In handing down its June 23rd decision, the Oslo District Court found Danielsen had “persistently deviated from acceptable lawyer behavior”.

Ruja Ignatova’s arrest bounty has been bumped to $250,000. When Ignatova was added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in July 2022, the original bounty was $100,000. Given OneCoin was a $4 billion Ponzi scheme, this seemed a little on the light side. $250,000 isn’t comparatively significant but is nonetheless more than the [Continue reading…]

A top official believed to be behind Bulgaria’s ongoing protection of OneCoin has been fired. On June 12th, Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) voted to dismiss Ivan Geshev as Prosecutor-General. On June 15th, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev signed off on the SJC’s decree, effectively firing Geshev from his post.

French authorities have dropped the ball, allowing OneCoin’s Frank Schneider to flee pending extradition to the US.

A disbarred lawyer has filed a case against the Norwegian government. At a ten day hearing that started on May 25th, Per Danielsen, of the firm Danielsen & Co. AS, is accused of working with OneCoin’s Ruja Ignatova.