Esahlulelweni esiyingqopha-mlando, u-Mark Scott, owayengummeli osesikhundleni esiphezulu e-Locke Lord LLP, wathola isigwebo seminyaka engu-10 ejele ngo-Jan. 25 ngokukhwabanisa amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-400 atholakala ohlelweni oludumile lwe-OneCoin Ponzi.
The sentencing at the Southern District of New York followed Scott’s 2019 conviction on multiple counts of bank fraud and money laundering. Inner City Press kubikwe kuqala the sentencing from the courtroom.
Ummeli we-OneCoin
I-OneCoin, eyethulwe ngo-2014 futhi yasebenza ngaphandle kwaseSofia, eBulgaria, yaqale yakhangiswa njengemali eyi-cryptocurrency ehamba phambili. Kodwa-ke, kusheshe kwavela njengohlelo lokukhwabanisa lwe-multi-level-marketing (MLM), oluqola imali engaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezine zamaRandi okungenani kuzisulu eziyizigidi ezi-4 emhlabeni wonke phakathi kuka-3.5 no-2014.
Inani le-OneCoin lamelelwa ngamanga njengeliqhutshwa ukunikezwa kwemakethe kanye nesidingo, kodwa empeleni, kwakuyimali yedijithali engenamsebenzi, intengo yayo ishintshiwe futhi yamiswa ngokungafanele ngabaqhubi bohlelo.
UScott, ojoyine lolu hlelo ngemuva kokuhlangana nomsunguli we-OneCoin u-Ruja Ignatova ngoSepthemba 2015, wabamba iqhaza elibalulekile esicini sokukhwabanisa imali. Naphezu kwesicelo sakhe sokuzivikela sokungazi mayelana nemvelo yokukhwabanisa ye-OneCoin, ubufakazi nobufakazi obethulwa ngesikhathi sokuqulwa kwecala kwaveza isithombe esihlukile.
Abashushisi baphikisa ngokuthi uScott wayengene shí ekusebenzeni, esungula izinhlaka zesikhwama saphesheya kwezilwandle ukuze afihle umsuka wezinzuzo ezitholwe ngokungalungile.
Phakathi nesigwebo, ijaji lahlolisisa izenzo zikaScott ngemva kokulahlwa yicala, okuhlanganisa ukuthengisa iPorsche yakhe nokudlulisa izimali ezibalulekile eziQhingini zaseCayman kunokuba uzisebenzise ukunxephezela izisulu ze-OneCoin. Ijaji lithe lezi zenzo zikhombisa ukungazisoli nokungazimisele ukusiza abahlukumezekile ohlelweni elasiza ekutheni luqhubeke.
Ukushintsha kwe-OneCoin
Ruja Ignatova, known as the “Cryptoqueen,” remains at large and was added to the FBI’s Top 10 most wanted list in June 2022. The case continues to unravel as other associates of OneCoin face legal lezinyathelo for their involvement in the scheme.
Isigwebo sikaScott siyisikhumbuzo esiqinile sezingozi ezihlobene nezimali zedijithali ezingalawulwa kanye namandla okusetshenziswa kwazo kabi ekukhwabaniseni okukhulu. Isebenza njengesexwayiso kochwepheshe emkhakheni wezomthetho nezezimali mayelana nemiphumela yokusiza noma yokuvala amehlo ekusebenzeni kwezimali okungabazekayo.
Icala le-OneCoin liyaqhubeka nokuba yinkomba engxoxweni mayelana nesidingo semithetho eqinile kanye nokwengamela emakethe ye-cryptocurrency.
Ukulahlwa yicala kukaScott nesigwebo sakhe kugcizelela ubucayi uhlelo lwezobulungiswa lwase-US oluphatha ngabo ubugebengu bezezimali, ikakhulukazi lawo abandakanya ubuchwepheshe obusafufusa obufana ne-cryptocurrencies. Iphinde igqamise imizamo eqhubekayo eyenziwa yizikhungo zomthetho emhlabeni wonke yokuletha enkantolo labo abathintekayo kobunye bokukhwabanisa okwaziwa kakhulu endaweni yezimali zedijithali.
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- Source: https://cryptoslate.com/onecoin-lawyer-sentenced-to-10-years-in-prison-over-laundering-400-million/
