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Jul 15, 2020 at 09:53 UTC
Mazatlan, Mexico (Vivid Pixels/Shutterstock)
Two promoters of the crypto Ponzi scheme OneCoin were found dead in Mexico last month.A report last Friday by La Tercera said the bodies, identified as Oscar Brito Ibarra and Ignacio Ibarra (apparently not relations), had been found in suitcases by local police on June 30.The suitcases were dumped on a vacant lot in Mazatlan in the region of Sinaloa, a seaside town located about 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) from the country’s capital, Mexico City.The cause of death was suffocation, according to local police who are treating the case as a double homicide.Oscar was a Chilean national, while Ignacio came from Argentina.Both men, who were known associates, had been kidnapped two days earlier in Villa Carey, another neighborhood in Mazatlan.
The two had been involved in promoting the crypto investment scheme OneCoin – called a fraud by prosecutors in the U.S.and elsewhere – throughout Latin America.
They had reportedly convinced numerous individuals to invest in OneCoin through an entity called the Latin American Automotive Marketing Company (CLA), which accepted cryptocurrencies for car purchases.At CLA, Oscar and Ignacio promoting cheaper car sales to victims by claiming they could get cheap cars if they used the OneCoin system to make the purchase.In June, the pair traveled to Mazatlan to promote CLA, but shortly after arriving the pair were found dead.In November last year, a jury convicted OneCoin’s lawyer, Mark Scott, who was found guilty of laundering $400 million for the scheme.
An alleged leader of the scam, Konstantin Ignatov, has had his sentencing date adjourned for the second time while he continues to cooperate with U.S.prosecutors.Ruja Ignatova, OneCoin’s founder is currently on the run from law enforcement.
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