A disbarred lawyer has filed a case towards the Norwegian authorities.
At a ten day listening to that began on Might twenty fifth, Per Danielsen, of the agency Danielsen & Co. AS, is accused of working with OneCoin’s Ruja Ignatova.
Danielsen, who describes himself as somebody “each hated and preferred on the identical time”, is alleged to have assisted Ruja Ignatova with cash laundering.
An Advocate from Norway’s Monetary Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet), representing the federal government, claims Danielsen’s conduct was “aggressive and reckless”.
Within the lead as much as the December 2022 determination to disbar Danielsen, Finanstilsynet’s investigation uncovered
Danielsen did assignments for corporations linked to Bulgarian Ruja Ignatova.
Ignatova’s identify seems on invoices discovered throughout inspection visits to Danielsen’s Legislation Agency.
Within the case description it says “Ignatov, USA”, which is unusually just like this Ignatova.
In the midst of this authorized work, Finanstilsynet claims Danielsen didn’t
train a really excessive diploma of care in his work with the corporate, significantly with regard to the danger of cash laundering.
We can’t see any traces of ample diligence within the documentation from Danielsen, or any indicators of self-criticism.
There was an especially giant and imminent hazard of cash laundering, and all warning lights ought to have flashed.
In his protection, Danielsen’s agency argued that OneCoin was a authentic firm.
She spent giant components of her introductory lecture presenting judgments from Bulgaria and different paperwork that may show that this was not such a suspicious firm.
In gentle of OneCoin being a $4 billion Ponzi scheme, Ruja Ignatova being on the FBI’s prime 10 most wished checklist, and a slew of OneCoin insiders having been indicted for fraud within the US, Danielsen’s protection actually appears flimsy.
As to what particularly Danielsen bought up for Ruja Ignatova, that hasn’t been disclosed.
All we all know for now’s Danielsen was employed to go after a Norwegian publication for writing about Ignatova. Danielsen has solely confirmed he acted as a mediator, and supplied “evaluation of an Italian judgment”.
Invoices from Danielsen & Co. AS reveal Ignatova was charged 5.6 million NOK for his providers (~$500,000) USD).
The Norwegian authorities suspects that quantity, and what Danielsen has disclosed, is simply the tip of the iceberg.
Within the 28 web page determination disbarring Danielsen final December, he was discovered to be
unfit to follow regulation, and that he has misplaced the belief that’s essential within the occupation.
Along with serving to Ruja Ignatova with cash laundering, Danielsen has a lengthy historical past of complaints from purchasers and mishandling of cash.
These complaints and incidents have been factored within the the choice to disbar him.
Whereas OneCoin cash launderers within the US have been prosecuted, Norwegian authorities have so far declined to file prison expenses.
Danielsen’s case is anticipated to wrap up someday within the first half of June.
