As the German lawyer of Ruja Ignatova, the creator of the notorious OneCoin Ponzi scheme, is on trial in Germany on money laundering charges, the legal proceedings have shed some light on her assets including the purchase of a luxury London penthouse.
Before vanishing off the face of the earth in 2017, the so-called 'Cryptoqueen' used the scam’s proceeds to fund a lavish lifestyle that included a 7,000 sq ft (650 sq m) penthouse in the city’s affluent Kensington district. The property is estimated to be worth some GBP 13.5m (USD 18.2m), according to data obtained by the BBC.
Ruja's German lawyer, Martin Breidenbach, is on trial in Münster, Germany, along with two other individuals. He is accused of money laundering by facilitating a transfer
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