In a startling revelation of legal malpractice in the crypto industry, the OneCoin fraud case has brought to light the critical involvement of lawyers in facilitating large-scale financial scams. Recently, a German court sentenced Martin Breidenbach, an attorney implicated in the OneCoin scheme, as a money launderer. In the U.S., Mark S. Scott, a former lawyer at the reputable firm Locke Lord LLP, was also convicted of laundering $400 million from OneCoin proceeds.
The Münster Regional Court in Germany has handed down sentences in the notorious OneCoin crypto MLM fraud case, sentencing Frank Ricketts to five years and his wife, Manon Hubenthal, to four years in prison. The couple was convicted of amassing approximately €320 million from around 90,000 OneCoin victims across Europe. Their lawyer was convicted of money laundering.