The transaction involving tycoon Ruja Ignatova has just been recorded in Seychelles, the country where Binance is headquartered.
According to Finance Feeds, the US has asked the Financial Crimes Unit of Seychelles Police to investigate a transaction worth 230,000 Bitcoins and a power of attorney signed by the masterminds of fraud through the multi-level cryptocurrency project OneCoin.
The document related to the transaction is notarized in the Seychelles with the signatures of Ruja Ignatova, the multi-level leader "crypto queen" OneCoin, and her brother Sebastian Greenwood.
Launched in 2016, OneCoin is a multi-level cryptocurrency. When introducing OneCoin, Ignatova affirmed that this would be the most powerful digital currency in the world, dethroning the top coins like Bitcoin.
The "crypto queen" is said to be holding about 230,000 Bitcoins. Photo: The Times.
Ignatova's "winged" words made many people rush to invest OneCoin. However, she fled in 2017 with a huge sum of money from investors. After the "crypto queen" fled, a series of lawsuits against OneCoin were filed in London (UK), Dublin (Ireland), Brussels (Belgium) and a number of other cities.
Earlier in 2015, Ignatova was given 4 USB drives containing 230,000 Bitcoins by Sheikh Al Qassimi, a member of the royal family of Dubai (UAE). They were worth about $50 million at the time, but have grown to more than $11 billion now.
In addition to 230,000 Bitcoins, the complaint claims that Ignatova is holding about $500 million in cash and various assets worth about $1 billion. Some of the assets are in the name of her associates at OneCoin.
Attorney, Dr. Jonathan Levy in the US has offered to assist Seychelles police in investigating Sheikh Al Qassimi and real estate broker Mimoun Madani. "They have never been seriously questioned. Al Qassimi has detailed information on the 230,000 Bitcoins of the mastermind Ignatova, while Madani claims to work for Ignatova and Greenwood," Levy said.
Some claim that OneCoin has converted billions of dollars into real estate or kept in banks in Dubai with the help of Sheikh Al Qassimi and Madani. Sheikh Al Qassimi is the son of Faisal bin Sultan Al Qassimi, one of the richest billionaires in the UAE. Sheikh Al Qassimi is said to have helped Ignatova get a diplomatic passport to the UAE.
OneCoin is one of the biggest cryptocurrency scams of the century. Photo: OneCoin.
According to Dechained, US prosecutors estimate the investment amount for OneCoin could be up to 4 billion USD. OneCoin and "crypto queen" Ignatova are classified as one of the biggest scams in the world. She was also involved in the BigCoin multi-level fraud, was sentenced to 14 months of suspended prison in Germany.
Dr Levy thinks Seychelles needs to be investigated quickly because of the large scale of the OneCoin scam, and raises questions about why the country is home to Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange. .
“If Seychelles is not able to bring billions of dollars of crypto transactions into the law, there will be serious anti-money laundering problems associated with crypto companies based here,” said Levy. identify.
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