Onecoin Cryptoqueen’s Ex-boyfriend Gets 5 Years in Prison

A erstwhile fellow of Ruja Ignatova, the mastermind of the Ponzi strategy Onecoin, has received 5 years successful prison. The condemnation is for the laundering of hundreds of millions of dollars’ worthy of proceeds from the notorious crypto scam which defrauded investors astir the world.

Ruja’s Former Boyfriend Sentenced for Money Laundering Linked to Onecoin

Gilbert Armenta, the ex-boyfriend of crypto pyramid Onecoin’s laminitis Ruja Ignatova, has been sentenced successful the United States, Bloomberg Law reported. According to tribunal documents, helium helped launder $300 cardinal of proceeds from 1 of the largest Ponzi schemes successful crypto history.

In 2018, Armenta, present 59, pleaded blameworthy to conspiring to perpetrate ligament fraud, wealth laundering and extortion, each successful transportation with Onecoin. He cooperated with prosecutors successful the probe into the scam for astir 2 years but aboriginal committed different crimes, violating the agreement.

Founded successful 2014, Onecoin operated arsenic a planetary multi-level-marketing network, which was based connected a cryptocurrency that ne'er truly existed arsenic such, contempt being advertised arsenic the ‘Bitcoin killer.’ According to Onecoin’s ain documents, much than 3 cardinal radical invested implicit $4 cardinal successful Onecoin since 2016.

Bulgarian-born German nationalist Ruja Ignatova disappeared successful October 2017, erstwhile she boarded a Ryanair formation successful Sofia bound for Athens. Still, at large, she is wanted by Interpol, Europol, and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Her member and co-founder, Konstantin, who was detained successful Los Angeles successful 2019, pleaded blameworthy to charges related to Onecoin and sought witnesser extortion successful the U.S. In December 2022, different co-founder, British and Swedish national Karl Sebastian Greenwood, besides pleaded guilty to his portion successful the scam.

Crypto Pyramid Mastermind Ruja Ignatova Still Missing

Information astir Ignatova’s whereabouts and activities has periodically surfaced successful media reports. Last July, the starring Greek regular Kathimerini unveiled that the Hellenic Police had tried to find and apprehension her, acting connected quality indicating she was successful the state and holding meetings with unidentified persons.

In January of this year, British media uncovered that a $15-million flat bought by the “missing Cryptoqueen” done a institution based connected the land of Guernsey had been offered for sale. A BBC study connected the substance revealed that the Kensington penthouse had been listed with the support of authorities successful Germany.

Prosecutors successful the metropolis of Bielefeld person accused a German lawyer who worked for Ignatova, Martin Breidenbach, of wealth laundering for the transportation of €20 cardinal (over $21 million) for the acquisition of the four-bedroom apartment. In October, helium appeared successful court, on with 2 Onecoin associates, to look charges of fraud and different crimes.

Do you deliberation instrumentality enforcement authorities volition yet find Onecoin’s laminitis Ruja Ignatova? Share your thoughts connected the lawsuit successful the comments conception below.

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