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 attorneys have made a proper declare to a four-bedroom £13.5 million penthouse in London, itemizing her because the property’s “useful proprietor” with Firms Home.
The property is owned by Abbots Home Penthouse Restricted, an nameless Guernsey shell firm. It implies that Ignatova’s title doesn’t have to seem on land registry deeds or in public information.
Ignatova is at present on the FBI’s high 10 most wished listing,
She’s additionally wished by Interpol by means of a world warrant issued by Germany.
Should you’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 at all times 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 property for them to go after to compensate OneCoin victims.
Apparently a £13.5 million penthouse filled with invaluable 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 Firms 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 among the warmth off Firms Home, however it’s nonetheless simply as straightforward as ever to defraud shoppers out of thousands and thousands 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.