OneCoin @ BehindMLM

In a warning issued to consumers, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has revealed that London police are now investigating OneCoin. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is a finance regulator in the UK that operates independently of the UK government.

The ruse behind OneCoin using newly invested funds to pay off existing investors is that the company sells cryptocurrency education. This education is delivered in the form of lengthy PDF files, filled with content either copied from third-parties with no attribution or loosely rewritten. Upon quizzing a random selection of OneCoin investors as to the contents [Continue reading…]

On July 27th Mirosława Suchonia filed an inquiry with the Polish Ministry of Justice regarding OneCoin. Suchonia sought comment on whether or not OneCoin was potentially breaching Poland’s banking laws. On September 13th a response from Łukasz Piebiak, the Minister of Justice, was published on the Sejm (Poland’s lower house of parliament) website.

For a two year old company who make all sort of financial claims, there’s a distinct lack of independent media acknowledgement. When something is published, OneCoin and their affiliates go into meltdown and make sure friends and family watching their Facebook page take note: The article Ken Labine, a Canadian OneCoin investor,  is referencing was purportedly [Continue reading…]

Over the last 24 hours reports have emerged that suggest OneCoin may have lost their Deutsche Bank account late last week. OneCoin affiliates have confirmed that Deutsche Bank has been removed as a deposit option from the OneCoin backoffice:

Finanztest is a monthly finance niche magazine published by Stiftung Warentest, a German consumer organization. In the September issue of the magazine, Stiftung Warentest has published a warning against investment in OneCoin and SwissCoin.

Ethereum is ‘a public blockchain-based distributed computing platform, featuring smart contract functionality‘ (Wikipedia). In a nutshell, third-parties can use the Ethereum platform to create applications that use blockchain technology and its Ether cryptocurrency. Ethereum is currently the second biggest cryptocurrency in the world, with a market cap of $951 million and $11.53 value. Naturally you’d expect [Continue reading…]

On July 29th an optimistic Ed Ludbrook announced on Facebook: Australia is launched! Perth rocked. Melbourne tomorrow, then Sydney, Gold Coast and Cairns! See – OneLife-OneCoin Australia/New Zealand for booking. Unfortunately for Ludbrook, his Melbourne event didn’t go quite as planned…

Cyber crime police in Hyderabad, India have apprehended the owner of 3G Coin. BM Jagadeesha, was arrested in Bengaluru by the Cyberabad cyber crime team on July 16 and is now on remand. Jagadeesha’s setup at 3G Coin was typical of many Indian-based MLM underbelly schemes.

OneCoin aren’t happy about YouTube terminating their OneLife account, and have threatened to take “legal action” against the company.