Leading OneCoin backers linked to Irish cryptocurrency MingoCoin – The Times

OneCoin founder Dr Ruja IgnatovaONECOIN

Two senior members of the discredited OneCoin cryptocurrency sales network are listed as shareholders of a fledgling Irish cryptocurrency.

Peter Shaw and Pehr Karlsson are shareholders in Funlz, which is seeking to develop MingoCoin, a cryptocurrency linked to a new messaging aggregator app. Funlz founder Joe Arthur said that the two men were friends of a friend, and he had never met them.

Arthur said the individuals had no role or connection with Funlz, aside from being minor and passive investors. He said he was unaware of their involvement in OneCoin. Shaw and Karlsson invested small sums in Funlz in 2016.

Last week a New York jury found Mark Scott, a US attorney, guilty of conspiracy to launder the proceeds of what investigators there called

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