Accomplice of ‘Cryptoqueen’ Ruja Ignatova faces extradition to US: Report

2022.08.31 21:54

Accomplice of ‘Cryptoqueen’ Ruja Ignatova faces extradition to US: Report

Christopher Hamilton, a British national allegedly connected to Cryptoqueen’ Ruja Ignatova’s cryptocurrency scheme OneCoin, reportedly faces extradition to the United States on charges related to a scam going back to 2014.

According to a Tuesday report from legal news outlet Law360, a judge in the United Kingdom will allow the process to move forward for Hamilton to be extradited to the U.S. on charges of wire fraud and money laundering. Hamilton was allegedly involved in laundering $105 million through the crypto Ponzi scheme OneCoin, which defrauded more than 3 million investors of more than $4 billion through the sale of packages starting in 2014.

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