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Shell Firm That Laundered Millions for Onecoin Registered in Roma Neighborhood

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A company used to conceal the movement of Onecoin-related funds was transferred to a young Romani woman in Bulgaria, local media revealed. The report follows the extradition to the U.S. of the head of legal and compliance at the crypto pyramid scheme, accused of enabling Onecoin to launder millions of dollars through such entities.

Unsuspecting Woman Agreed to Have Company Linked to Onecoin Registered Under Her Name

On Monday, Bulgarian authorities handed over to U.S. custody Irina Dilkinska, former head of legal and compliance at Onecoin. The crypto Ponzi scheme, which raised over $4 billion from investors around the world, is believed to have moved millions of U.S. dollars through shell firms which Dilkinska allegedly helped to establish.

One of these companies, B&N Consult, generated €200 million ($217 million at current rates) in 2015 and 2016, according to the Tuesday announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice about her extradition to the United States, where she is now facing charges of money laundering and fraud in connection with her role in the massive crypto pyramid.

During that period, Dilkinska was managing the firm which was supposed to offer “proprietary consulting services, support and software solutions,” while the DOJ says it was used to disguise the transfer of millions of dollars to fake investment funds operated by Mark Scott, a lawyer charged in the U.S. with helping Onecoin launder $400 million.

In 2017, Irina Dilkinska, now 41, left her executive post and transferred B&N Consult to Margarita Kaneva, a 27-year-old resident of the Roma neighborhood of the town of Etropole in Western Bulgaria, BTV unveiled in a report on Wednesday. The young woman claims she doesn’t know Dilkinska and has never heard about Onecoin or the money laundering allegations.

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Author: Lubomir Tassev

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