Bulgarian Chief Prosecutor Accused of Willfully Failing to Act Against Onecoin Fraudsters – Jonathan Levy, a lawyer who represents victims of the Onecoin bitcoin Ponzi scheme, claims that the criminal operation’s masterminds may be protected by Bulgarian Chief Prosecutor Ivan Geshev.
The lawyer stated that Geshev’s inaction allowed Onecoin to scam new victims of millions of dollars in an open letter to Yuliya Kovacheva, Bulgaria’s deputy minister of justice.
Despite the existence of arrest orders issued by Interpol, Europol, and German law enforcement, the prosecutor has allegedly failed to act against Ruja Ignatova’s mother, according to Levy.
As previously reported, Ignatova was added to Europol’s most wanted list after the law enforcement organization accused her of being the brains behind Onecoin. Since then, the agency has offered a reward of more than $5,300 to anyone who can lead to Ignatova’s arrest.
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Meanwhile, Levy accuses Geshev of neglecting to act not only against Veska Ignatova (Ruja’s mother), but also against “other Onecoin mafia in Bulgaria who continue the Onecoin criminal enterprise on behalf of the fugitive Ruja Ignatova” in a letter.
Bulgarian Chief Prosecutor Accused of Willfully Failing to Act Against Onecoin Fraudsters – Onecoin’s masterminds would be forced to suspend activities if Geshev took action, according to the letter. He continued:
“The Prosecutor’s Office’s noncompliance is allowing OneCoin’s Sofia office to continue operating throughout Europe, Latin America, and Southeast Asia, and to receive millions of Euros in cryptocurrency (BTC, ETH, USDT) payments from new victims on a monthly basis.”
Levy wraps up his letter by encouraging the Bulgarian government to investigate the prosecutor’s conduct.
