Attorneys representing OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova, have filed a declare on an in any other case deserted £13.5 million penthouse in London.
As per a paywalled report from The Instances,
Ignatova’s legal professionals have made a proper declare to a four-bedroom £13.5 million penthouse in London, itemizing her because the property’s “helpful proprietor” with Corporations Home.
The property is owned by Abbots Home Penthouse Restricted, an nameless Guernsey shell firm. It signifies that Ignatova’s title doesn’t have to seem on land registry deeds or in public data.
Ignatova is at the moment on the FBI’s high 10 most needed record,
She’s additionally needed by Interpol by means of a global warrant issued by Germany.
If you happen to’re questioning how on Earth Ignatova nonetheless owns a penthouse within the UK, it’s a part of ongoing negligence by UK authorities.
The FCA approving a identified OneCoin cash launderer for compliance will all the time be a basic.
With respect to Ignatova’s London penthouse although, the crown jewel of incompetence might be the Metropolis of London Police abandoning their OneCoin investigation in 2019.
In passing the buck to US authorities, CoLP claimed
there aren’t any UK primarily based OneCoin belongings for them to go after to compensate OneCoin victims.
Apparently a £13.5 million penthouse full of worthwhile art work and who is aware of what else, all bought with stolen OneCoin Ponzi funds, doesn’t qualify as a “UK-based OneCoin asset”.
As for the Corporations Home shell firm malarkey, BehindMLM has been calling out UK shell firm fraud for years.
The rise of crypto and scam-capital of the world Dubai has taken a number of the warmth off Corporations Home, however it’s nonetheless simply as straightforward as ever to defraud customers out of tens of millions by means of bogus UK shell corporations.
I presume as soon as UK authorities rubber-stamp Ruja Ignatova taking again her penthouse, it’ll be liquidated and the proceeds laundered overseas.
Whether or not the FBI steps in and forces their UK counterparts to do their jobs once more stays to be seen.
