Onecoin Victims Petition Bulgaria for Seizure of Assets and Compensation
A lawyer representing investors defrauded by the notorious crypto scam Onecoin has urged authorities in Bulgaria to act on the case, claiming that the “world’s largest pyramid scheme” is still operating from the country. In a petition with the Bulgarian Constitutional Ombudsman, Jonathan Levy accuses officials in Sofia of failing to provide justice to the victims while seemingly protecting “the most notorious criminal organization.” Lawyer Slams Bulgarian Authorities for ‘Misfeasance’ in Onecoin Case In the petition, Dr. Levy....
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Onecoin victims have joined a consortium that wants the European Parliament to consider a petition seeking the establishment of a compensation fund. The envisioned EU-administered fund will function as an insurance kitty for current and future victims of all crypto fraud. The petitioners are proposing the levying of an “unnoticeable” fee of 0.0001 cent per €1 on all crypto-asset transactions conducted on EU territory. Explaining the pivot towards the European Parliament, the victims’ lawyer, Jonathan Levy, says they have now made the decision to approach the....
A petition has been submitted to the European Parliament, asking to implement a scheme to compensate crypto-related victims. The crimes mentioned in the petition 0421/2020 include fraud, piracy, and extortion. Petition’s Author Represents Victims in the Bitsane Alleged Scam Case According to the author, lawyer Jonathan Levy, the petition asks the bloc to implement a series of regulatory schemes to “compensate victims” of crypto-related crime activities. He pointed out that, to date, “no crypto asset funding has been set aside to compensate the victims of directly....
The United States government has recently announced a substantial reward of up to $5 million for any information leading to the arrest of Ruja Ignatova, the founder of OneCoin. This development comes as part of a joint investigation conducted by Bulgarian and American authorities into a large-scale financial fraud and money laundering scheme. One Of The FBI’s Most Wanted Bulgaria’s temporary chief prosecutor, Borislav Sarafov, highlighted the collaborative efforts between Bulgarian and US law enforcement agencies in tackling the case. Sarafov emphasized the ongoing....
Angelina Lazar, rogue economist and cryptocurrency revolutionary tells Cointelegraph all about her war with OneCoin. In Part 1 of her story, Lazar gave her view of OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova. Here in Part 2, Angelina accuses Boris Boyko, the former Prime Minister of Bulgaria, and the Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic of taking bribes from OneCoin, and asks what role Joe Biden, Vice President of the USA, had to play. Cointelegraph: What happened after no one at meeting with OneCoin leaders can answer you who, after all, audits OneCoin? Angelina Lazar: Riitta had escaped as soon as I....
On October 1, OneCoin, a self-declared cryptocurrency and trading venture based out of Bulgaria, has announced at a conference in Bangkok, Thailand that it switches to the “new Blockchain”, “transferring coins” from the old one to the new one. OneCoin has been in focus of Cointelegraph for some time. Recently the authorities of the UK and Sweden has warned investors that OneCoin is suspected to be a pyramid scheme with no verifiable evidence to back up any of its business claims. According to Tim Tayshun, CEO of Ezcoin, OneCoin is pure fraud and deception. He gave Cointelegraph his version....