OneCoin’s Mark Scott has secured launch pending the end result of his attraction.
Scott headed up OneCoin’s cash laundering operations within the US. He was convicted in 2019 and at last sentenced to 10 years in jail again in January.
After failing to safe a brand new trial in late 2023, Scott (proper) appealed his sentencing in February. A choice on the attraction stays pending.
Customary process could be for Scott to be taken into custody pending the end result of his attraction. On March twenty sixth, Scott moved for permission to stay out on bail.
The DOJ opposed Scott’s movement, arguing he was a flight threat. That is based mostly on Scott holding twin US and German citizenship. Like many international locations, Germany doesn’t extradite its personal residents.
The DOJ additionally argued that Scott’s attraction was one more delay tactic. For one cause or one other, Scott has managed to tug out his case since he was initially indicted again in August 2018.
Taking Scott’s undisclosed medical circumstances into consideration, the courtroom overruled the DOJ’s issues.
Primarily based on the file earlier than the Court docket, given Scott’s medical circumstances and since he has not been charged with a violent crime, the Court docket doesn’t discover that Scott is prone to flee or pose a hazard to the security of another particular person or the neighborhood if allowed to stay on bail.
The Court docket believes it’s fairly uncertain that Scott will acquire a reversal or new trial on each counts. However the Court docket can not say that the questions are frivolous.
The Court docket doesn’t discover that the attraction is for functions of delay.
Accordingly, Scott will stay out on bail pending a choice on his attraction. There isn’t any timeline for this.