FutureNet co-founder Roman Ziemian has been arrested in Italy.
Italian authorities dragged Ziemian from a podium win, cup in hand and nonetheless in his racing equipment, on a South Korean arrest warrant.
Ziemian and Stephan Morgenstern are co-founders of the FutureNet Ponzi scheme.
First launched in 2014 as a easy matrix cycler, FutureNet jumped on the MLM crypto fraud bandwagon in 2017.
FuturoCoin was introduced and collapsed in 2018. It was rebooted in 2019 however didn’t go wherever.
Earlier this 12 months BehindMLM famous that each Ziemian and Morgenstern had fled Poland for Dubai.
There Morgenstern operated a luxurious automotive storage. Ziemian was residing out a mid-life disaster Ferrari race automotive driver fantasy.
As reported by SoyMotor on October thirty first;
It was on the finish of the primary of the Ferrari Problem races, when the Italian Guardia di Finanza arrested Polish Roman Ziemian, winner of the race, on the foot of the rostrum, nonetheless with the cup in his hand and took him to a detention middle nonetheless with competitors go well with.
Ziemian had an impressive worldwide search and arrest warrant issued by South Korea.
A courtroom in Seoul fees him with aggravated fraud, cash laundering and high-tech prison affiliation.
The “high-tech prison affiliation” is FutureNet. Following a grievance from 950 FutureNet traders alleging 16 million EUR in losses, South Korean authorities started investigating FutureNet in 2020.
That prison investigation led to Ziemian’s arrest in Italy. Ziemian’s arrest warrant was issued on October twenty third. He’s believed to have been arrested on October thirtieth.
Ziemian’s present standing is unconfirmed however I consider he’s being held at Rocco D’Amato jail in Bologna.
South Korean authorities have or will presumably apply for Ziemian’s extradition in some unspecified time in the future.
Upon extradition, Ziemian will face aggravated fraud and cash laundering fees earlier than the South Korean Excessive courtroom.
If South Korean authorities have gone after Ziemian, they’ve additionally seemingly have an arrest warrant out for Morgenstern too.
BehindMLM obtained a tip that Morgenstern has been apprehended in Greece however I’ve been unable to confirm.
