CASES · TraceChain™

Connected Ramon Abbas to North Korean Lazarus Group / APT38 operations. Conspired with Abbas to launder funds from the Bank of Valletta (Malta) cyber heist, February 2019.

Abba Kyari

ALLEGED ONLY

Abba Kyari

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Born

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Education

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Role

Former Nigerian Deputy Commissioner of Police

Court

US Federal (indicted)

Judge

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Charge

Conspiracy to commit wire fraud · money laundering [ALLEGED]

Plea

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Sentence

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Restitution / Forfeiture

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Alleged in US court documents as co-conspirator who received bribes from Abbas and used law enforcement authority to arrest individuals Abbas wanted targeted. Denied all charges. Case unresolved as of this writing. All claims are allegations.

Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani

CONVICTED — 12 COUNTS

Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani

Theranos President & COO · tried separately

Born

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Role

President & COO Theranos

Court

N.D. California

Charge

Wire fraud · patient fraud · 12 counts

Verdict

Guilty all 12 counts · July 2022

Sentence

13 years · December 2022

Tried separately from Holmes. His jury convicted him on all 12 counts including the patient-related fraud charges that Holmes was acquitted on. Managed laboratory operations and the customer-facing blood-testing business. Romantic relationship with Holmes during the fraud period.

Karl Sebastian Greenwood

CONVICTED — 20 YEARS

Karl Sebastian Greenwood

OneCoin co-founder · Swedish / UK national

Nationality

Swedish / UK

Role

Co-founder OneCoin

Arrested

Thailand · July 2018

Sentence

20 years · Sep 2023

Fine

$300M

Judge

Edgardo Ramos · SDNY

Co-founded OneCoin with Ignatova. Personally misappropriated $300M+ on five-star resorts, villas, private jet, and a yacht. Arrested in Thailand 2018, 20 years sentenced 2023.

Konstantin Ignatov

TIME SERVED — RELEASED

Konstantin Ignatov

Ruja Ignatova’s brother · forklift driver to figurehead

Role

De facto leader after Ruja’s disappearance

Arrested

LAX · March 2019

Plea

Guilty · cooperated

Sentence

Time served (34 months)

Forfeiture

$118,000

Sentenced

March 5, 2024

Recruited by his sister from a forklift driving job in Germany. Ran the operation after she disappeared. Cooperated with prosecutors. “I have only myself to blame.”

Mark Scott

CONVICTED — 10 YEARS

Mark Scott

Former Locke Lord partner · OneCoin money launderer

Role

Lawyer · laundered ~$400M

Firm

Former Locke Lord partner

Convicted

November 2019 · jury trial

Sentence

10 years · Jan 25, 2024

Laundered approximately $400M in OneCoin proceeds through a network of investment funds. The $400M is one piece of the money movement, not the total fraud scale.

James Davis

COOPERATED — PLEADED GUILTY

James Davis

Stanford CFO · former college roommate · star cooperating witness

Role

CFO Stanford Financial Group

Connection

Stanford’s college roommate at Baylor

Plea

Guilty · 2009 · cooperated

Key role

Testified re: fabricated financials

Stanford’s CFO and former Baylor University roommate. Pleaded guilty 2009 and cooperated with prosecutors, testifying about how the financial statements were fabricated and how investor money was redirected. The prosecution’s most significant inside witness.

Najib Abdul Razak

CONVICTED — 7 COUNTS

Najib Abdul Razak

6th Prime Minister of Malaysia · convicted 2020

Role

PM Malaysia 2009–2018 · 1MDB advisory board

Counts

7: abuse of power · money laundering · breach of trust

Status

Convicted · Malaysian court record [FACT]

Precedent

First Malaysian PM convicted in history

The 1MDB case’s documented conviction. Malaysia had never before convicted a sitting or former prime minister. 7 counts: documented fact, not allegation.

Riza Aziz

CHARGED — MALAYSIA

Riza Aziz

Red Granite Pictures co-founder · stepson of PM Najib

Connection

Stepson of PM Najib Razak

Company

Red Granite Pictures

Film

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Settlement

Red Granite DOJ forfeiture ~$60M (2017)

Co-founded Red Granite Pictures. Produced The Wolf of Wall Street. Red Granite settled a US DOJ forfeiture action for approximately $60M in 2017 without admitting wrongdoing. Charged separately in Malaysia.

METHODOLOGY

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EVIDENCE STANDARDS

CONVICTED

Federal or equivalent prosecution resulted in conviction or guilty plea. Sentence confirmed by court record.

INDICTED

Federal charges filed. Not yet adjudicated. Published with status clearly labeled.

ESTIMATED

Aggregate figure from a credible institutional source (UNODC, FBI IC3, regulatory filing). Labeled [UNVERIFIED] or [EST].

MARKET LOSS

Collapse of asset value -- not direct theft. Used for crypto collapses where paper loss and principal loss differ significantly.

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