It’s established that the UAE, Dubai particularly, performed an integral position in Ruja Ignatova’s laundering of OneCoin funds.
As a part of his ongoing investigation into OneCoin cash laundering, Jonathan Levy has uncovered misconduct by a notary in Seychelles.
Mimoun Madani, a Dutch nationwide residing in Dubai, was granted Energy of Legal professional by Ignatova.
The PoA is dated after Ignatova disappeared in 2017 and was signed off on by ‘a widely known Seychelles lawyer and member of parliament, Bernard Georges’.
Georges (proper) heads up Georges & Co, a “boutique regulation agency” working out of Eden Island, Seychelles.
Madani would go on to make use of the PoA to ‘to switch billions of {dollars} in property concerned within the One Coin pyramid scheme.’
Madani … used Seychelles Energy of Attorneys purportedly signed by Ignatova and her accomplice (Sebastian) Greenwood.
When questioned by Levi as to the authenticity of Madani’s notarized PoA, Bernard Georges claimed
the POAs weren’t witnessed by them and that their seal and signature solely attests to their “existence.”
That’s to say, presumably for fee, Georges signed off on the PoA’s present after they have been purportedly signed by Ignatova, Greenwood and Madani.
Georges, at the least so far as he’s claiming, didn’t see the PoAs really being signed by the events.
For the aim of notarization, that is required for what must be apparent causes.
Primarily based on (Georges’) notarization the paperwork have been apostilled and offered within the UAE and maybe elsewhere as presumably real to launder tens of millions of {dollars}.
Jonathan Levy goes on to say Sheikh Al Qassimi can also be managing 230,000 BTC via a cast PoA, notarized by one other Apostille in Seychelles.
In gentle of what seems to be misconduct, Jonathan Levy has requested Seychelles Police open
an investigation (into) the notarial apply whereby paperwork are notarized after which apostilled with none regard to their authenticity and even the existence of the events.
If irregularities are discovered, I’d hope a Seychelles arrest warrant for Mr. Madani is issued for uttering a cast doc.
As summed up by Levy is correspondence despatched to Seycehelles’ Monetary Crimes Investigations Unit;
The stakes are very excessive as a result of Al Qassimi has revealed that Ignatova is in possession of 230,000 Bitcoin he supplied to her in 2015 as a part of the Seychelles transactions – the worth of the Bitcoins is at the moment over $10 billion.
Al Qassimi is using the cast Seychelles Energy of Legal professional to aim to grab property value as much as $1 billion within the UAE.
The jurisdiction of Seychelles is central to the claims of each Madani and Al Qassimi who declare to be the reliable representatives of Ignatova and OneCoin as their alleged authority is derived from paperwork apostilled by your nation.
Levy’s letter is dated August 18th. Whether or not Seychelles Police reply stays to be seen.
Replace twenty second August 2021 – Jonathan Levy advises he has acquired the next response from Seychelles Police;
Please word we’ll take this up and revert as quickly as we are able to.
We’ll proceed to watch for updates.
Replace thirty first August 2021 – Seychelles’ Monetary Crime Investigation Unit has publicly confirmed it’s investigating the matter.