The request of a lawyer who laundered $ 400 million in the OneCoin fraud to hold a new hearing in the case filed against him in 2019 was rejected.
The request of the lawyer responsible for pocketing $ 400 million in the OneCoin operation for a new trial was rejected, despite the false statements in the case filed against him in 2019. The denial of a new trial in the first trial in 2019, despite citing legal errors and false testimony, drew widespread backlash.
Onecoin operation is on the agenda again!
According to a report published on September 18, 54-year-old lawyer Mark Scott argued at the time that he did not know OneCoin was a fraudulent operation and should not be charged for his role in establishing the money laundering fund. OneCoin founder Ruja “Cryptoqueen” Ignatov.
Scott was convicted of money laundering and bank fraud in November 2019. Prosecutors found that Scott earned a total of $50 million through a fake fund that processed payments and transactions from the OneCoin scheme. His legal team has since sought a new trial, citing perjury in the first hearing.
At a hearing on September 18, U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos denied the lawyers’ request for a new trial, saying he was not convinced that “an innocent person could have been convicted” despite Konstantin’s false testimony at his 2019 trial.