The former compliance officer of OneCoin has been extradited to the United States for trial and faces up to 40 years in prison

2023-03-22 14:34:54

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ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) charged OneCoin's former head of legal and compliance, Irina Dilkinska, with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering on March 21, with each charge carrying a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

Dilkinska assisted in laundering over $400 million in proceeds from OneCoin and destroyed evidence of the crime after learning that her accomplice had been arrested, as well as sending criminal messages. Dilkinska was extradited from Bulgaria on March 20 and is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court the following day.

OneCoin was founded by Ruja Ignatova in 2014, and since 2016, the project has been under investigation in the U.S. and the UK, with several countries attempting to apprehend the fraudsters. Previously, in February, Bulgarian police documents stated that the long-missing Ignatov had been killed by a drug lord in 2018. (source link)

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