Disbarred OneCoin lawyer Per Danielsen has misplaced his case in opposition to the Norwegian authorities.
In handing down its June twenty third determination, the Oslo District Courtroom discovered Danielsen had “persistently deviated from acceptable lawyer conduct”.
The District Courtroom rejected Danielsen’s declare that there had been “procedural errors” resulting in his disbarment.
Danielsen filed go well with after he was disbarred for working for Ruja Ignatova in a fashion that was “aggressive and reckless”.
Along with being suspected of aiding Ignatova launder OneCoin Ponzi funds, the District Courtroom
additional emphasised that the 67 disciplinary complaints and 14 disciplinary convictions in opposition to Danielsen between 2017 and 2022 are vital within the general evaluation.
In handing down her order, Decide Heger famous;
Repeated reprehensible actions and breaches {of professional} duties have been confirmed, leading to an intensive lack of belief for Danielsen.
It should additionally end in a critical lack of confidence for the authorized career if Danielsen is allowed to maintain the licence.
BehindMLM first got here throughout Danielsen in early 2017. On the time Norwegian authorities had been wanting into going after Norwegian OneCoin promoters.
Talking on behalf of his shopper, Per Danielsen insisted OneCoin “had no enterprise in Norway”. Danielsen additionally denied OneCoin was a pyramid scheme, as alleged by the Gaming Board on the time.
Regardless of Danielsen’s denials and misinformation, the Norwegian investigation into OneCoin continued.
In December 2018 the Gaming Board revealed it had requested info on Norwegian buyers from OneCoin.
In response to the Gaming Board’s disclosure, Danielsen laughably claimed OneCoin “is worldwide and doesn’t have separate figures for Norway.”
On the time OneCoin was within the midst of a KYC legitimacy advertising and marketing marketing campaign.
Lastly in December 2019, Danielsen made a number of public statements in response to OneCoin cash launderer Mark Scott’s conviction, and information Konstantin Ignatov was cooperating with US authorities.
Ignatov has by no means acknowledged that Onecoin is fraudulent. He has solely testified in opposition to (the) US Legal professional (Mark) Scott and acknowledged that the lawyer should have carried out wire fraud, ie transferring cash between states in america with out permission.
It has no reference to Onecoin.
Ignatov is now launched as a result of he has cooperated with the prosecutor’s workplace in america.
So he’s not being pursued for his place with Onecoin, and can most likely quickly turn into a free man.
When requested about US authorities claiming OneCoin was a fraudulent enterprise in courtroom, Danielsen once more issued laughable denials.
You’re misinformed. The US prosecutor has not acknowledged what you’re referring to.
The truth that an worker of the tax authority has acknowledged one thing on this path shouldn’t be proof of what the prosecuting authority thinks.
It’s simply an expression of what a random worker thinks. As unimportant as what a journalist would possibly suppose, the truth is.
How a lot soiled cash Ruja Ignatova paid Danielsen is unclear.
US Prosecutors are on the file claiming OneCoin was a $4 billion greenback Ponzi scheme.
Mark Scott was convicted of laundering stolen OneCoin Ponzi funds.
Konstantin Ignatov shouldn’t be a “free man”. He stays below house detention, pending completion of his cooperation with US authorities.
And Per Danielsen is a dishonest scumbag who has lastly been disbarred. As of Could 2023, Danielsen can now not apply legislation in Norway.
