Cryptoqueen’s Lawyer Faces Prosecution Over ‘Improper’ Threats

A lawyer for the fugitive “cryptoqueen” Ruja Ignatova is being prosecuted for sending “improper” legal threats in a case that is set to scrutinize London’s reputation management industry.

Claire Gill, a lawyer at firm Carter-Ruck, sought to target a victim who lost her inheritance in the OneCoin scam — one of the largest frauds ever perpetrated — according to the UK legal regulator. Gill sent a legal threat in April 2017, saying that she intended to sue Jennifer McAdam if she didn’t take down YouTube videos that discussed OneCoin’s links to criminals.

Ignatova, the mastermind behind OneCoin, disappeared months later ...