| In OneCoin Trial Amer
Abdulaziz Named As Money Launderer Who Stole
100M Euro Still Horsing Around
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Exclusive Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Nov 23 – As Inner City
Press covered the OneCoin
trial this month, a number of
names of indicted
co-conspirators emerged on
which we will now follow up.
One of
them was Amer Abdulaziz
Salman.
As Inner City Press
exclusively reported on
November 6, surprise
cooperating witness Konstantin
Ignatov brought up Amer
Abdulaziz during his
testimony, live-tweeted
@InnerCityPress:
AUSA: Who did
Gilbert Armenta work with on
money laundering?
Konstantin: Mark
Scott, Amer Abdulaziz...
After a sidebar discussion,
the Assistant US Attorney said
"We'll come back to Mr. Aziz
who stole at least 100 million
Euros from OneCoin.
AUSA: Who was
this Mr. Aziz?
Konstantin: One
of the main money launderers
for Ruja.
AUSA: Did you
ever report to the police any
of these theft?
Konstantin: No.
The money came from a criminal
activity." See here.
So in this US Federal trial,
under oath and not
contradicted by any of the
cross-examination, Amer
Abdulaziz was named as a
launderer of money from
criminal activity, who went
beyond that and stole $100
million Euro from OneCoin and
Ruja.
Meanwhile, through his Phoenix
fund, Amer Abdulaziz has been
buying up thoroughbred horses,
but industry participants tell
Inner City Press, not selling
them. "It's the perfect front
for money laundering," one of
them told Inner City Press on
condition of anonymity.
During the trial, Inner City
Press tweeted its surprise the
Amer Abdulaziz was, unlike
Ruja Ignatova, living in plain
sight. It has continued: he
has re-tweeted as recently as
November 20.
While some say he is going
into hiding, it would seem
that the US FBI or its
overseas partners could easily
bring him in. So
why haven't they? This is the
first in an Inner City Press
series. More on Patreon here.
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