Ex-friend of crypto queen for 5 years in prison (report)
Ex-friend of crypto queen for 5 years in prison (report)
Gilbert Armenta-the former friend of Ruja Ignatova (better known as the "Cryptoqueen")-will supposedly spend five years in prison because he took part in the fraudulent cryptocurrency project.
The Ignatova, born in Bulgaria-the founder of the notorious Ponzi system-is on the ten most searched list of the FBI. She was last seen in Greece in 2017, while some sources indicated that it could have been killed.
Armenta gets five instead of seven years
according to a Bloomberg law cover , condemned the judicial building of the Southern District of New York (sdny) to five years Federal prison because he had washed income of $ 300 million from the Onecoin fraud. The 59-year-old was Ruja Ignatova's ex-boyfriend-the creator of the program that investors cheated by over $ 4 billion.
The first investigations showed that Armenta could be in prison for seven years. However, he was guilty of money laundering, extortion and wire fraud in 2018, hence the reduced punishment.
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later he injured his agreement with the authorities by selling the aircraft and steel a check for $ 5 million. In addition, Ignatova's ex-boyfriend Mexican companies bribed and played in funds that have been stolen on one coin investors.
Armenta's lawyer claimed that his client was not a violent person, and added that his problems could be attributed to the misfortune of entering into a "romantic relationship" with the "crypto queen". Probably "she drilled into his apartment and hired a couple who lived next to him and monitored him". Armenta also bought a bank in Georgia where Ignatova was already a customer.
The accused asked to serve his punishment in FCI Miami Federal Prison-a prison system with low security for male occupants. The judges still have to decide whether the application will be granted.
The 'Cryptoqueen' and their multi-billion fraud
OneCoin -A fraudulent cryptocurrency pyramid system that was founded in Bulgaria in 2014-took over more than $ 4 billion in 2016 and betrayed millions of people. His founders asked investors to buy "educational packages" for the trade in digital assets that cost between 100 euros and 118,000 euros.
In addition to their purchase, people also received oncoin tokens, which could be exchanged for Fiat on a specially developed internal marketplace. The event location had daily sales limits based on the type of package that every investor had chosen and checked the number of coins that could be exchanged.
The marketplace was closed for two weeks in March 2016 due to maintenance work and closed again in January 2017. Nevertheless, people associated with the company continued to accept funds.
The authorities of Bulgaria, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Latvia and Croatia have warned several times over the years that OneCoin could be a fraudulent project and asked people to stay away from it.
CEO and founder Ruja Ignatova, described by the BBC as "the woman who cheated the world" was last in Athens, Greece, Greece, Greece, sighted. hidden on a luxury yacht in the Mediterranean. This could prove to be a good place for a volatile one, since no jurisdiction or authority may arrest persons who are twelve nautical miles away from the coast.
Frank Schneider-the former head of the Luxembourg secret service- believes Ignatova could have been killed:
"I think she was murdered, and although I don't hope it is nothing that could prove the opposite."
also the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) joined the hunt for the "crypto queen". Placement You on the list of the "Ten Most Wanted Fugives". The agency also offered everyone who provided information about their whereabouts.
At the beginning of this year a penthouse worth almost $ 15 million (bought from Ignatova a few years ago) reacted suggests that the refugee could be alive. The public prosecutor's office Bielefeld had previously accused Ignatova's German lawyer of the money laundering because he had transferred over 21 million dollars to finance the purchase of the apartment and a second apartment in the building. The offer price for the property in one of the best areas of London-Kensington-was later reduced to around $ 13 million, and it is currently no longer for sale. The real estate agent Knight Frank did not confirm whether it was sold, but assured that it "fully fulfilled its legal and official obligations at any time". . Redences in London?
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