As I write this, official confirmation of Ruja Ignatova’s arrest has yet to surface.
Reports out of Germany are conflicting, with authorities yet to issue an official statement.
A few media publications have syndicated the initial Nbox article, but only the Gerlach Report and MLM Worldwide have published new information.
According to the Gerlach Report Ignatova was arrested in relation to an
ongoing fraud investigation in Bielefeld
.
Gerlach report claim Ignatova is being held in a “transport cell” at Stadelheim prison in Munich.
Ted Nuyten, who is believed to have received large sums of money from OneCoin and its affiliates in exchange for favorable coverage on BusinessForHome, was quick to dismiss Ignatova’s arrest as “fake news”.
In a Facebook post published the day after news of Ignatova’s arrest broke, Nuyten claimed his unnamed ‘
sources (had) confirmed the news is NOT true.
‘
Offering up a bit more information is a November 6th article from MLM Worldwide, who bill themselves as a direct selling online magazine.
In the article MLM Worldwide claim to have contacted the German law firm Schulenberg & Schenk.
Shortly after Germany’s top financial regulator
Bafin announced an investigation into OneCoin
in mid 2016, Schulenberg & Schenk were hired to publish a legal opinion on the company.
Not surprisingly, Schulenberg & Schenk’s legal opinion completely ignored the
OneCoin’s Ponzi business model
and claimed the company was legal in Germany.
OneCoin also engaged Schulenberg & Schenk were also used by OneCoin to
go after
rival Ponzi scheme,
SwissCoin
.
Despite Schulenberg & Schenk’s one-paragraph legal opinion stating the company was legal, earlier this year in April BaFin
banned promotion and operation of OneCoin across Germany
.
After news of Ignatova’s arrest broke,
Stephan Schulenberg purportedly told MLM Worldwide
they’d phoned Stadelheim prison and
can confirm that our client Dr. med. Ignatova was not detained there.
A telephone conversation with the public prosecutor’s office in Bielefeld also revealed that there is nothing there about an arrest and no arrest warrant (has been issued).
If Ignatova wasn’t arrested, why Schulenberg & Schenk didn’t just reach out to her directly is unclear.
Tim Curry
separately reached out to German authorities
on Monday and they wouldn’t confirm or deny Ignatova’s arrest.
The Gerlach Report meanwhile are insisting Ignatova’s arrest is not “fake news”.
The publication asks, “If Ruja Ignatova is indeed free, why does not she show herself?”
The fact is that the events at the airport in Munich have been confirmed by several sources.
The detention in the women’s detention center was also confirmed by The Gerlach Report.
It is also true that the investigating authorities have to date issued “no official press release”.
The Gerlach Report has learned this is due to “determination-technical reasons”.
Apparently, Dr. Ruja Ignatova – in an attempt to reduce her own expected punishme
🤖 Quick Answer
Has Ruja Ignatova's arrest been officially confirmed?As of the article's writing, official confirmation of Ruja Ignatova's arrest had not yet surfaced. German authorities had not issued an official statement, though reports from Germany indicated conflicting information. Only a few media publications had covered the initial reports.
Where was Ruja Ignatova allegedly detained?
According to the Gerlach Report, Ignatova was being held in a transport cell at Stadelheim prison in Munich in connection with an ongoing fraud investigation in Bielefeld, Germany.
What was the official reason cited for Ignatova's arrest?
The arrest was reportedly in relation to an ongoing fraud investigation in Bielefeld, according to reports from the Gerlach Report and other media sources covering the case.
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