According to Bloomberg, Irina Dilkinska, the legal and compliance head for the fraudulent cryptocurrency OneCoin, has been sentenced to four years in prison for her involvement in a $4 billion fraud scheme. This makes her the latest participant in the scam to face jail time. Dilkinska was sentenced on Wednesday by a US District Judge after being extradited to the US from her native Bulgaria last year.
From 2014 to 2019, Dilkinska assisted US-based lawyer Mark Scott in laundering OneCoin proceeds, as per the prosecutors. Scott, a former OneCoin member, was also implicated in the scheme. OneCoin operated as a large-scale international Ponzi scheme, offering commissions to members globally for recruiting others to purchase OneCoin packages, as stated by the government.
The alleged mastermind behind the fraud, Ruja Ignatova, also known as the 'Cryptoqueen', vanished in 2017 as her organization came under scrutiny. She is currently on the FBI's list of most wanted criminals.
