OneCoin Compliance Head Pleads Guilty in $4 Billion Crypto Scam

The legal and compliance head for phony cryptocurrency OneCoin pleaded guilty to participating in the $4 billion fraud scheme, the latest in a series of convictions in the case.

Irina Dilkinska entered her plea Thursday in federal court in New York, admitting she helped a lawyer launder more than $400 million from the scam through a series of fake Cayman Islands investment funds.

“I understand that what I did was wrong and I sincerely apologize for my actions,” Dilkinska said at her plea hearing before US District Judge Edgardo Ramos. She pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money-laundering conspiracy ...