Hitler-hating, God-hating, Russia-hating atheist, who also slandered me – Heike Thomsen from Rostock – preached profitably the fraudulent OneCoin of the Bulgarian Ignatova, now on the lam

December 15, 2017 John de Nugent English 0

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In 2015, I was contacted by this woman in Rostock, Heike Thomsen, who praised OneCoin – a kind of Bulgarian Bitcoin. Of course, I did not invest in it, nor did I have any money, as I have always done since I became a National Socialist in 1978, but a friend and patron of mine did it – over a thousand euros.
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The now disappeared founder of OneCoin, Ruja Ignatova
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– Forwarded Message –
From: Broker office Thomsen <strategischer.investor@t-online.de>
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015, 1:50:55 PM EDT
Subject: Fwd: Onecoin roundmail to the executives group at Skype baltic1000 !!!!!
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Hello dear investors and business partners,
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The colorful table in the appendix is ‹ ‹great, in this you can see the possible nj value increases in your onecoins. These arise after the splits and the mining from the tokens.
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The free tokens, on the other hand, are the content of the purchased training packages, as you know.
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The e-book is only for your information, but explains everything wonderfully and should not be given to still unregistered prospective customers , since the link from Dr. med. Barth and his homepage are inside.
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This means that the interested parties could then register with him, and they would then be lost for you and your efforts.
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HT

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Meanwhile OneCoin is completely bankrupt. The website does not even work any more!
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The Bulgarian founder has disappeared.
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SWINDLE.
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English Wikipedia article  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OneCoin)

OneCoin

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

OneCoin is a Ponzi scheme [1][2] promoted as a cryptocoin with a private blockchain. It is promoted by offshore companies OneCoin Ltd (Dubai) and OneLife Network Ltd (Belize), both led by Bulgarian Ruja Ignatova.[3] OneCoin has been described as a Ponzi scheme, both because of how it has been set up and because of many of the people who are central to OneCoin having previously been involved in other such schemes.[4][5]

Concept

According to OneCoin, its main business is selling educational material for trading. Members are able to buy educational packages ranging from 100 euros to 118,000 euros.[6] Each package includes “tokens” which can be assigned to “mine” OneCoins. OneCoin is said to be mined by servers at two sites in Bulgaria and one site in Hong Kong. Each level (except six and seven), or package, gives new educational material, which is plagiarized from several sources.[7] The company and its recruiters claims that OneCoin doesn’t sell cryptocurrency but only educational material. However, in a typical OneCoin recruiting meeting most of the time recruiters talk about investing in cryptocurrency and the educational material is barely even mentioned.[8][original research?]

Currently there is no way to exchange onecoins to any other currency. Previous to January 2017 the only way to exchange onecoins to any other currency was OneCoin Exchange, xcoinx, an internal market place for members who had invested more than just a starter package. This service was shutdown without warning in January 2017.[9] While it was functioning, onecoins could only be exchanged for euros, which were placed in a virtual wallet from which they could be requested for wire transfer. The market place had daily selling limits based on which packages the seller had invested in, which greatly limited the amount of onecoins which could be exchanged. On 1 March 2016, without a prior warning, OneCoin issued an internal notice that the market would be closed for two weeks for maintenance. The notice explained that the maintenance was necessary due to high amount of miners and for “better integration with blockchain”.[10] On 15 March 2016, after the two-week maintenance, the market opened again but no visible changes had been done; most of the transactions expired as before and daily limits stayed on.

Legal issues and criticism

In December 2016, The Italian Antitrust Authority (Autorità  Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato) “adopted an interim injunction against the company One Network Services Ltd., active in the promotion and dissemination of cryptocurrency OneCoin…”, and its representatives in Italy, describing their activities as an “illegal pyramid sales system” (“sistema di vendita piramidale vietato dalla legge”), and ordering them to cease promoting and selling OneCoin in Italy [11] On 27 February 2017, after concluding their investigation, AGCM banned all activity on OneCoin until further notice.[12]

In February 2017 German Federal Financial Services Supervisory Authority, BaFin, froze all the remaining active bank accounts that were used laundering money for OneCoin network. Total of 29 million euros remains frozen on these accounts. Also, BaFin ordered IMS International Marketing Services GmbH to cease all unauthorized money transactions related to OneCoin and to return the most recent money transactions to their investors.[13] 18 April 2017 BaFin ordered OneCoin Ltd to cease all the business in Germany.[14] 27 April BaFin banned trading in OneCoins. Also, OneLife Network Ltd and One Network Services Ltd were ordered to cease their business in Germany.[15] On 9 May 2017 Bielefeld public prosecution office started investigations against 7 people in power of International Marketing Services GmbH (IMS) in Greven, Germany, for organized fraud and money laundering. According to the prosecutors IMS had received 360 million Euros from German investors during the time period December 2015 to December 2016, of which 29 million were still in bank accounts that were frozen.[16][17]

On 23 April 2017, Indian police arrested 18 people in Navi Mumbai for organizing a OneCoin recruitment event. The police attended the event undercover to judge the accusations before they decided to act. Further investigation has been started to reveal the higher levels of the pyramid.[18][19] In May, the investigation recovered Rs 24.57 crores ($3.66 million USD) in nine bank accounts. A further Rs 75 crores ($11.16 million USD) was transferred out before authorities were able to seize it.[20] Beginning of May, two more people were arrested and Rs 24 crores ($3.57 million USD) were seized from bank accounts. A special investigation team was formed with four Assistant Police Inspectors and 15 personnel under Senior Police Inspector Shivaji Awate to follow the money trail for further arrests.[21]

29 May 2017 International Financial Services Commission of Belize (IFSC) issued a warning about OneLife Network Ltd conducting trading business without license or permission from IFSC or any other authority. OneLife Network Ltd was directed to cease and desist from carrying on with the illegal trading business.[22]

16 June 2017 the CEO of OneCoin Ltd. claimed OneCoin being licensed by Vietnamese government, having legal rights to be used in Vietnam as a digital currency and being the first cryptocurrency in Asia officially licensed by any government.[23] 20 June 2017 the Ministry of Planning and Investment of Vietnam issued a statement that the document which OneCoin used as a proof was forged. They stated that the document was against the MPI regulations and that the person who supposedly signed the document was not in the position claimed by the document at the time when the document was created. MPI warned individuals and enterprises to be vigilant if they encounter the document during business.[24][23]

10 July 2017 Ruja Ignatova, the CEO, was charged in India with duping investors as a part of the Indian Investigation.[25]

The British newspaper Daily Mirror wrote that OneCoin / OneLife is a get-rich-quick scheme scam and a cult, calling it “virtually worthless”.[26] Bitcoin.com has given detailed evidence that OneCoin is an extensive ponzi scheme scam.[27]

In Hungary the Central Bank has issued a warning that OneCoin is a pyramid scheme.[28] And in China, several members and investors of OneCoin were arrested in 2016 and $30.8 million USD of assets were seized.[29]

The company and the scheme is on the observation lists of many authorities, among them are authorities in Bulgaria, Finland,[6][30][31] Sweden,[32] Norway[33] and Latvia.[34] Currently, none of the countries have declared OneCoin as criminal activity, but authorities have warned of potential risks involved in businesses like OneCoin. On 30 September 2015, Bulgaria’s Financial Supervision Commission (FSC) issued a warning of potential risks in new cryptocurrencies, citing OneCoin as an example.[35] After the warning, OneCoin ceased all activity in Bulgaria and started to use banks in foreign countries to handle wire transfers from participants.[36] In March 2016, The Direct Selling Association in Norway warned against OneCoin, comparing it to a pyramid scheme.[3] In March 2017, the Croatian National Bank (HNB) advised the public to “exercise a high degree of caution” in decisions involving OneCoin, noted that OneCoin operations are not supervised by the HNB, and warned that possible losses will be fully borne by the investors.[37] On 28 April 2017 Bank of Thailand issued a warning against OneCoin, telling it to be an illegal digital currency and it should not be used in trade.[38]

References

  1. Jump up^ Morris, David Z. (31 May 2017). “The Rise of Cryptocurrency Ponzi Schemes”. The Atlantic. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  2. Jump up^ “Survey: Malaysians Warm Up to Cryptocurrencies,”. nasdaq. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  3. ^ Jump up to:a b “Vil ikke và¦re politi”. direktesalgsforbundet.no. direktesalgsforbundet.no. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  4. Jump up^ cointelepgraph.com (2015-05-27). “OneCoin exposed as global MLM Ponzi scheme”.
  5. Jump up^ “indian police label 12 million onecoin operation a clear ponzi scheme”. The Indian Express. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  6. ^ Jump up to:a b YLE (2016-03-14). “Finns investing millions in new virtual currency; police keeping tabs on case”.
  7. Jump up^ Petteri Järvinen (2015-05-29). “OneCoin-koulutusmateriaali kopioitu kirjoista” (in Finnish).
  8. Jump up^ “OneCoin valtaa Aasiaa” (in Finnish). 2016-03-01.
  9. Jump up^ “OneLife suspend OneCoin withdrawls, affiliates can’t cash out”. 15 Jan 2017.
  10. Jump up^ “OneCoin – Uusi pyramidihuijaus? KRP: Rikosta voidaan arvioida luotettavasti vasta myöhemmin”. 2016-03-02. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  11. Jump up^ “PS10550 – Vendite piramidali: sospesa in via cautelare la promozione della criptomoneta OneCoin”. agcm.it. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
  12. Jump up^ “PS10550 – Vendite piramidali: Antitrust sospende la promozione della criptomoneta OneCoin da parte di One Life”. agcm.it. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  13. Jump up^ bafin.de (2017-04-10). “IMS International Marketing Services GmbH: account freezing and winding-down of unauthorised money remittance business”.
  14. Jump up^ bafin.de (2017-04-18). “OneCoin Ltd, Dubai: Prohibition of involvement in unauthorised money remittance business”.
  15. Jump up^ BaFin (2017-04-27). “OneCoin Ltd (Dubai), OneLife Network Ltd (Belize) und One Network Services Ltd (Sofia/Bulgaria): BaFin issues cease and desist orders holding the companies to stop own funds trading in “OneCoins” in Germany”.
  16. Jump up^ Sueddeutsche (2017-05-10). “Krimi ums Kryptogeld”.
  17. Jump up^ Heise (2017-05-10). “Betrugsermittlungen gegen Verantwortliche der International Marketing Services GmbH (IMS)”.
  18. Jump up^ The Hindu (2017-04-25). “18 held for organising Ponzi scheme seminar”.
  19. Jump up^ The Afternoon (2017-04-25). “Raid on OneCoin, brings out lakhs of coins”.
  20. Jump up^ “OneCoin fraud: Cops recover Rs 24 crore from 9 banks”. Times of India. 2017-05-13. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  21. Jump up^ The Hindu (2017-05-18). “2 more held in OneCoin scam”.
  22. Jump up^ IFSC (2017-05-29). “One Life Network Limited”.
  23. ^ Jump up to:a b Behind MLM (2017-06-20). “OneCoin Vietnamese regulatory document forged, govt says”.
  24. Jump up^ Bà¡o Đấu thầu (2017-06-20). “Cảnh bà¡o việc giả mạo văn bản của Bá»™ Kế hoạch và  Äáº§u tÆ°, Cục Quản lའđấu thầu” (in Vietnamese).
  25. Jump up^ “indian police label 12 million onecoin operation a clear ponzi scheme”. The Indian Express. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  26. Jump up^ “Who wants to be a OneCoin millionaire? YOU don’t – here’s why hyped-up web currency is virtually worthless”.
  27. Jump up^ “Buyer Beware! The Definitive OneCoin Ponzi Exposé”.
  28. Jump up^ “Fokozott kockà¡zatot hordoznak a vilà¡ghà¡là³n elérhetÅ‘ virtuà¡lis fizetÅ‘eszközök (in Hungarian)”. mnb.hu. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  29. Jump up^ behindmlm.com (2016-04-27). “Chinese authorities investigating OneCoin, investors arrested”.
  30. Jump up^ Poliisi (2015-04-11). “KRP ON SELVITTà„NYT ONECOIN-VIRTUAALIRAHAA” (in Finnish).
  31. Jump up^ Helsingin Sanomat (2015-11-04). “Krp ei aloita tutkintaa Onecoin-valuutasta “ kehottaa silti erityiseen varovaisuuteen” (in Finnish).
  32. Jump up^ Lotteri Inspektionen (2016-01-27). “OneCoins verksamhet polisanmält för misstänkt brott mot lotterilagen” (in Swedish).
  33. Jump up^ direktesalgsforbundet.no (2016-03-03). “Vil ikke và¦re politi” (in Norwegian).
  34. Jump up^ “FKTK brÄ«dina par OneCoin sniegtajiem pakalpojumiem”(in Latvian). 2016-03-11.
  35. Jump up^ FSC (2015-09-30). “СЪОБЩЕНИЕ “ OneCoin” (in Bulgarian).
  36. Jump up^ “OneCoin lose last bank account, unable to accept wires”. behindmlm.com. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
  37. Jump up^ “OneCoin product carries many risks”. hnb.hr (Press release). Croatian National Bank. 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
  38. Jump up^ Bangkok Post (2017-04-28). “BoT warns public about OneCoin currency”.

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