Mark Scott has filed a bombshell motion to overturn his OneCoin conviction, claiming prosecutors knowingly used perjured testimony from a key witness.

Scott was convicted in November 2019 of money laundering tied to the infamous OneCoin cryptocurrency scheme. His retrial motion, filed December 15th, centers on two lies told under oath by Konstantin Ignatov, the brother of OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova, during Scott's trial.

Ignatov took the stand as a prosecution witness after agreeing to cooperate with US authorities. He was arrested in March 2019, months after his sister fled the country in late 2017. Once Ruja disappeared, Ignatov moved from being her personal assistant to running OneCoin as CEO.

The first perjury involves a laptop. Ignatov testified he threw away his work computer. He lied. He actually gave it to Duncan Arthur, a travel companion at the time, who carried it back to Bulgaria and delivered it to OneCoin. Ignatov's girlfriend then arranged to destroy the evidence on the device.

Arthur made copies before the deletion happened. Those copies contained what he described as "many details about OneCoin's financial dealings in London, Dubai, Sofia, and the disposition of assets including bank accounts, investments related business ventures, valuables and real estate in billions of dollars."

Arthur handed over eight boxes of OneCoin material, including the laptop evidence, to UK and US authorities in July 2020. The DOJ learned about Ignatov's laptop lie in June 2021 through another report from Arthur. Yet prosecutors never told Scott's legal team about the perjury. A Manhattan DA investigator later explained he'd been "busy with other things" and figured Scott had already been sentenced anyway.

The second lie concerns a meeting between Scott and Irina Dilkinska, a OneCoin executive. Ignatov testified the two met in Sofia, Bulgaria on July 20, 2016. Travel records prove Dilkinska was in New Delhi, India that day—over 3,000 miles away. She couldn't have been at the meeting.

Scott's attorneys discovered emails in the government's own discovery materials while Ignatov was still testifying that showed Dilkinska was almost certainly not in Sofia on the date in question. Prosecutors had this information during trial. They knew, or should have known, Ignatov's story about the Dilkinska meeting was false.

The motion argues that Ignatov's false testimony directly influenced the jury's guilty verdict. The government's failure to disclose the first perjury and its knowledge of the second one violated Scott's right to a fair trial. Scott's attorneys are now asking the court to grant a new trial based on prosecutorial misconduct and the use of perjured testimony.

🤖 Quick Answer

What is Mark Scott's main argument in his OneCoin retrial motion?
Scott claims prosecutors knowingly presented perjured testimony from Konstantin Ignatov, OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova's brother, who served as a key prosecution witness. Scott was originally convicted of money laundering in November 2019 related to the cryptocurrency scheme.

Who is Konstantin Ignatov and what was his role in OneCoin?
Konstantin Ignatov is the brother of OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova. Initially serving as her personal assistant, he became CEO of OneCoin after his sister fled the country in late 2017. He was arrested in March 2019.

What specific perjury does Scott's motion highlight?
Scott's retrial motion centers on false testimony given by Ignatov under oath during the trial, including claims about a laptop that

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