Irina Dilkinska
OneCoin's former head of legal and compliance. Rather than ensure compliance, she helped launder the scheme's proceeds — including ~$110M routed to the Cayman Islands with Mark Scott. She pleaded guilty in 2023 and was sentenced in 2024 to four years and $111.4M forfeiture.
Also known as: Irina Dilkinska
Bio
Irina Dilkinska, a Bulgarian national, was OneCoin's head of legal and compliance. Prosecutors said that instead of keeping OneCoin within the law, she helped run day-to-day operations and, after the scheme's collapse, helped launder proceeds — working with U.S. lawyer Mark Scott to move about $110 million to a Cayman Islands entity. [1][2]
Legal outcome
Extradited to the U.S. in March 2023, Dilkinska pleaded guilty in November 2023 to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. On April 3, 2024, she was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to forfeit $111.4 million. [1][2]
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See also
Luke BelmarIndividualsCryptocurrency influencer Luke Belmar (@lukebelmar on X) became the subject of controversy following allegations related to the promotion of a memecoin. Critics on social media alleged that Belmar used a series of posts referencing a forthcoming cryptocurrency project and a large-scale airdrop to generate interest in a token without explicitly identifying a specific contract address. Belmar published multiple posts discussing an upcoming memecoin, describing plans for what he characterized as a major airdrop and making comparisons to other cryptocurrency projects. Because no contract address was publicly provided, several tokens emerged claiming association with his statements. Critics alleged that this ambiguity enabled speculation around multiple tokens while avoiding a direct endorsement of any particular asset.
- 2025 Czech government Bitcoin scandalOtherA political-corruption scandal in which the Czech Ministry of Justice, under minister Pavel Blažek, accepted a donation of 468 bitcoin (~$45M) in early 2025 from Tomáš Jiříkovský, a convicted darknet/drug figure, then sold part of it. After Deník N revealed the deal in May 2025, Blažek resigned, a criminal money-laundering investigation followed, and the government narrowly survived a no-confidence vote.
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