Mark Scott’s trial noticed FBI Particular Agent Shimko take to the stand.
As revealed in Particular Agent Shimko’s cross-examination, the primary recognized OneCoin arrest by US authorities was mid September 2017.
Particular Agent Shimko was assigned to the FBI’s OneCoin investigation in September 2017.
To this point US authorities haven’t revealed when precisely they started investigating OneCoin.
The identical month Particular Agent Shimko was assigned to the OneCoin case, Gilbert Armenta was arrested.
Q. Mr. Armenta had been arrested in reference to the OneCoin case in mid-September of 2017, proper?
A. Sure, that’s right.
That is the primary recognized OneCoin associated arrest by US authorities I’m conscious of.
After his arrest, Armenta folded fast sensible and commenced cooperating with the FBI.
By the top of September 2017 Armenta’s workplace had been bugged.
FBI and IRS listened in and recorded calls positioned to Ruja Ignatova from a close-by parking storage.
Over September and October, US authorities listened in on over twenty calls.
In October 2017, roughly a month after Armenta’s arrest, Ruja Ignatova was indicted. She stays at giant.
In his pre-trial testimony, Konstantin Igantov claimed his sister launched Armenta as an “worldwide cash launderer”.
In an try and dodge jail time, Mark Scott claimed ignorance and threw Armenta below the bus.
As with Konstantin Ignatov, Armenta’s cooperation with US authorities was seemingly a part of a plea deal.
To this point Armenta’s whereabouts and standing are unknown. It’s unclear if, once more as with Konstantin Ignatov, Armenta entered witness safety.