{"id":440533,"date":"2023-09-19T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T15:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/?p=440533"},"modified":"2024-06-06T17:21:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T17:21:15","slug":"onecoins-400-million-money-laundering-lawyer-mark-scott-denied-new-trial-despite-witness-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/onecoins-400-million-money-laundering-lawyer-mark-scott-denied-new-trial-despite-witness-lies","title":{"rendered":"OneCoin’s $400 million Money Laundering Lawyer Mark Scott Denied New Trial Despite Witness Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark Scott, a lawyer jailed for 20 years for laundering $400 million from the OneCoin fraud, was denied a new trial even after it was confirmed that a key government witness had lied during his trial.<\/span><\/p>\n

In denying the motion at a Sept. 18 hearing, District Judge Edgardo Ramos said he was unconvinced that “an innocent person may have been convicted.” Lawyers for Scott said they would appeal the ruling.<\/p>\n

They said they were “disappointed that the court did not grant a new trial given the undisputed evidence that the government’s sole cooperating witness perjured himself.”<\/p>\n

A key prosecution witness in Scott’s case was Konstantin Ignatov, brother of “crypto queen“ Ruja Ignatova, the mastermind behind the $4 billion OneCoin scam. Ignatov has admitted that he lied on the witness stand and that he helped his sister commit the fraud.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scott, 54, was convicted in November 2019 of helping to launder money and commit bank fraud. Prosecutors said he created a fake investment fund<\/span><\/a> that made $50 million. <\/span>Scott’s lawyers argued that he should not be held responsible for helping create an investment fund that was used to launder money because he did not know that OneCoin was a scam at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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As the #OneCoin<\/a> turns: now money launderer Mark Scott's motion denied. How many years?
Docketed today: \"ORDER as to Mark S. Scott's motions for a new trial pursuant to Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 29 and 33. the motions are DENIED.\"
https:\/\/t.co\/CpstHJAkrr<\/a><\/p>\n

— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) September 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n