The process begins in the cryptocurrency scandal

Ruja Ignatova

The trial against the alleged helpers of the inventor of the Onecoin in Germany began on Friday. Ignatova went into hiding.

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Munster, Berlin When the spouses H. and R. enter the hall of the Münster Regional Court, they keep their gaze lowered. Hand in hand, they walk silently to the dock on Friday. The third defendant appears more self-confident, but just like the couple, he too turns his back on the audience for the time being. For the Munich lawyer B. the march in front of the judge is not a new experience, he has several criminal records.

When the public prosecutor begins to read out the indictment for the main hearing in the world’s largest cryptocurrency scandal to date, wife H. looks nervously over her shoulder at her partner.

The three defendants have to defend themselves against the charge of an international fraud of billions to have helped. The public prosecutor is convinced that the married businessmen H. and R. and the lawyer B. have shifted millions in Germany that came from the sale of the worthless crypto currency Onecoin.

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