Ruja’s husband Bjorn Strehl under investigation in Germany
German authorities are finally investigating OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova’s husband, Bjorn Strehl.
Despite being tied to OneCoin’s fraudulent activities, Streh, till now, has managed to remain in the shadows.
Reports Himmelheber on May 30th for NRWZ;
(Ruja’s) husband remained unmolested by the authorities.
It’s amazing, especially since Ignatova, who grew up in Schramberg, has been on Interpol’s and Europol’s Most Wanted list since May 11.
But now investigations are apparently running against him. It’s money laundering.
The sum: around 7.7 million euros.
Himmelheber reports German authorities opened an investigation into Strehl in August 2021.
One transaction Prosecutors are have traced is 7.69 million EUR, transferred from Ruja to Strehl from a Hong Kong account. Prosecutors suspect the money is tied to OneCoin.
Raids in connection with the investigation into Strehl were carried out in January. Due to the ongoing nature of the investigation, all we know thus far is 60,000 EUR was seized.
Chief Public Prosecutor Hartmann: “The very complex investigations are expected to continue for several months.” There is “still extensive evidence, especially storage media, to evaluate”.
When asked whether [Strehl] had already commented on the allegations, Hartmann stated that the accused was represented by a lawyer. “We have not yet received a statement on the matter.”
Strehl didn’t respond to Himmelheber’s attempts to contact him.
Whether Strehl is a subject of interest to US authorities is unclear. A US Grand Jury indicted Ruja Ignatova in 2017. She was added to Interpol’s red notice list last month.
Strehl is suspected of financially benefiting handsomely from OneCoin’s Ponzi scheme. Thus far though he’s managed to keep out of prison.
Perhaps Strehl’s role in OneCoin is finally catching up with him.
Update 6th May 2023 – German Public Prosecutors have charged Bjorn Strehl with money laundering.
Do we have a file photo for Strehl?
Björn Strehl uses an old photo on the internet that is no longer up-to-date:
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Björn Strehl, CV:
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Björn Strehl behind Ruja:
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Björn Strehl, Lawyer:
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Ruja and Björn Strehl in 2014:
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Thanks Melanie. That was enough for me to verify a higher def photo sent in.
Any best as to how long before the complaints from the lawyers along the lines of “you don’t have the permission to use that pic or the links” start?
I always said OneCoin is a conspiracy of lawyers
German lawyers aren’t above Fair Use.
The German weekly magazine “DER SPIEGEL” wrote, among other things:
spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/krypto-betrug-mit-onecoin-weiteres-verfahren-und-durchsuchungen-a-01472cbc-c6b7-48cd-b787-c364109878bd
PS: Four of the cities mentioned are in the state of Hesse, two in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Neu-Isenburg is the official location of Björn Strehl’s company MATUNOS GmbH.
Ruja Ignatova and Björn Strehl in the video “The most wanted scammer in the world”:
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PS: “Funk” is part of the German public broadcasting service.
Let’s hope the German authorities can establish what, if anything, he knew about OneCoin’s illegal activities. The extent of any such knowledge or complicity will make fascinating reading.
Maybe he can shed some light on Ruja’s current whereabouts, even if she’s six feet under somewhere. He must have some inkling of the truth.
@ Melanie
Is that a phony prize or was a it due to her status as a “successful” entrepreneur?
@Carlos
I don’t know how one could become “Business Woman of the Year 2014” in Bulgaria. Maybe Ruja bought the title? Also featured in the video is former OneCoin scammer Pehr Karlsson:
youtu.be/0iPo701UUfE?t=106
Partial quote from the award ceremony:
The entire video, partly with English subtitles, here:
youtube.com/watch?v=0iPo701UUfE
She bought the title just like the Forbes cover and article was a bought marketing piece. She couldn’t even act surprised when she was named as the “winner.”
on the Photo Pehr Karlsson:
ibb.co/c6X3y4y
OmegaPro -> Xifra -> Decentra.
They always refurbish their Teams. They always make money and do not worry about anything.
Tommi Vuorinen in Romania event on Wednesday June 1, 2022:
“We are working together with a Finnish law firm, and we are going to clean up all this negativity and lies about this company, starting from Finland.”
youtu.be/dsh5tRYrHWs
Ok…
Finnish Law Firm to DOJ: “Now listen here, if you don’t drop all these criminal cases we’re gonna… um… well our client’s going to make more YouTube videos.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?”
DOJ: Lulz.
Tommi Vuorinen is just repeating what former Luxembourg CEO Pierre “Pitt” Arens announced in May 2017:
“We are cleaning the internet of all negative posts about OneCoin, we present our White Paper and we have just signed a contract with a major online travel company that will soon go public.”
I’ve been looking for the contract for five years, but I can’t find it. What am I doing wrong?
Video from April 22, 2022 (voice only, no images):
The only comment below the video:
youtube.com/watch?v=d-8bNtP0xV8
Tommi Vuorinen is the original Twat in the Hat.
Why does he never take it off? Maybe that’s where the blockchain is hidden
I think his ugly hat is his own “brand”. Maybe Tommi Vuorinen has a bald head that he doesn’t want to show?
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Here I found a very readable post by Petteri Järvinen from December 2021:
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pjarvinen.blogspot.com/2021/12/vuorinen-cryptocurrency-one-is-doing.html
An article from March 2016 shows Tommi Vuorinen without a hat:
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yle.fi/uutiset/3-8736938
This Finnish scam portal has not been updated for a long time:
All OneCoin / OneLife websites mentioned on this portal no longer exist:
share-your-photo.com/d03491418b
The quoted press statement by the OneCoin scammers in Sofia on January 22, 2018 is funny:
Who owns this private email account? Irina Dilkinska or Veselina Valkova? No company with their own websites works with an email address from gmail.
onelifesuomi.fi/tiedote-22012018/
As usual with scammers, the website does not contain any information about the operator. If you want to know more, you have to call or email this scammer:
share-your-photo.com/54e87f54a0
A highlight video from OneCoin Vietnam events couple weeks ago.
youtu.be/HPFOpDSZSog
With a woman on top, it’s easier to scam people. That was true for Ruja Ignatova worldwide and it is currently true for Mai Loan in Vietnam.
Many simple people think that only men cheat. “Women are angels, they don’t do that!”
I often read in German comments that Ruja was placed as a front woman, but men organized the scam. Especially Sebastian Greenwood and people from the mafia milieu. Russians, Asians and Arabs often describe Ruja as attractive or desirable. So the idea of having a female decoy at the top often worked.
Two female scammers. Mai Loan in front, Ruja Ignatova in the background:
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Mai Loan on stage:
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And now true with Freeway/Aubit Prime.
In August 2020, OneCoin scammers launched OneLife 2.0 system. Since then, the login no longer works for most of OneCoin IMAs and these problems have never been permanently solved. Contacting support doesn’t get an answer.
Here is an example from March 2022:
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youtube.com/watch?v=B9zmDq70sg0
Does this idiot know that he has to pay 30 euros for each of his accounts before they are activated again?
Note: Worthless ONE will not be accepted in Sofia!
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UK based scammer Kamran Hye plans some “surgeries” where he will meet groups trying to get logged back-in. No mention of fees.
@Desmond
Why did OneCoin scammer Kamran Hye upload this video on his channel a week ago which is two years old?
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youtube.com/watch?v=Ofyuf6PSqIc
Has he seen the videos of the crazy Martin Mayer prophesying that Libra could be produced and traded on the OneCoin blockchain?
Martin Mayer and OneCoin and Facebook – just one of many comments:
https://behindmlm.com/companies/onecoin/konstantin-ignatov-pleads-not-guilty-to-onecoin-wire-fraud/#comment-411803
Hye is the hardest of hard core believers it seems.
I don’t think Kamran Hye really believes in success with OneCoin anymore. His last post on his personal website is from June 28, 2019:
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kamranhye.wordpress.com
In another post, he links to his website tripledz.co, which has always been empty:
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Here is the right link:
web.archive.org/web/20201027011540/https://tripledz.co/
TripleDZ’s self-proclaimed “CEO” is too stupid to design his own website:
share-your-photo.com/78fcd43172
He used to boast:
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He hasn’t updated his Instagram account since May 2019 either:
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Frank Schneider’s interview today 13 June 2022 by 100komma7.
100komma7.lu/article/aktualiteit/wann-et-da-fraude-a-blanchiment-war-muss-ech-responsabel-sinn
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wort.lu/de/business/frank-schneider-spricht-ueber-seine-rolle-im-onecoin-betrug-62a6fa5ade135b9236502cca
Obviously he doesn’t believe in the “right to remain silent.” Honest your honor, I did not know what I was doing was wrong.
I only did what I could to repair the damage and it is not my fault it did not work. I was duped just like everyone of the major pimps of OneCoin.
I need to be tried in my country where I can get a light sentence and off for good behavior instead of that nasty US court system. A man of my stature should not be subjected to such indignities as claimed by the US authorities.
Keep on talking Frank, and keep digging that hole deeper and deeper. I think he took lessons from Igor Ablerts with the denials.
A very detailed article on coinmarketcap.com also linked to BehindMLM:
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coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/the-onecoin-scam-the-dazzling-story-of-the-biggest-crypto-ponzi-in-history
Schneider is a spy by trade. There is likely very little, perhaps no direct evidence that ties Schneider to the actual OneCoin scheme.
Likely did not handle funds at all. From what I can gather, he was using his network to monitor agencies investigating OneCoin globally and to warn Ruja of any activities. If he knew of the scam, then he was an accomplice.
Seems to me, he knew something. Why else did he get the gig? But did he think it was just a rip-off in terms of setting investors‘ expectation too high, or did he know OneCoin was total bogus and had no functioning blockchain?
I bet he only spoke to Ruja at the time so nobody can verify his state of mind.
Likely all current allegations against him are tied to testimony by Ignatov, perhaps also Armenta. The threat of extradition may have been initially used as leverage to get him to cooperate.
He is obviously not doing that it is too late for US prosecutors to back off and save face.
As advertised by several posts, Ignatov‘s perjury issues may have thrown a monkey ranch into this process of getting Schneider to the US.
Schneider is a thrift shop value type spy. He shouldn’t be allowed to be a mall cop.
Chelgate was paid via Sandstone.
@BehindMLMChecker, Schneider worked with Ruja to run the scam. He has even admitted it, arranged money flows & many other things. He should be convicted of course.
@BehindMLMChecker
Please read this:
https://behindmlm.com/companies/onecoin/frank-schneider-admits-to-onecoin-money-laundering/
And this:
wort.lu/de/business/frank-schneider-spricht-ueber-seine-rolle-im-onecoin-betrug-62a6fa5ade135b9236502cca
Understood and agreed. Thanks. My point is more that prosecutors will have still show his state of mind when acts were committed.
Like I said, may not be much there on that. And he is already setting up his defense.
New article by German journalist Martin Himmelheber.
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nrwz.de/schramberg/onecoin-staatsanwaltschaft-klagt-gegen-ignatovas-ex-mann/402522
Note: Due to German data protection laws, full names cannot be given before a conviction. Björn S. means Björn Strehl and Martin B. is the abbreviation for Martin Breidenbach.
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Thanks for the update Melanie.