U.S. Department of Justice States announced that Irina Dilkinska, a Bulgarian woman involved in the multi-billion-dollar cryptocurrency pyramid scheme OneCoin, was charged and extradited from Bulgaria to the United States.

Starting in 2014 and headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria, OneCoin utilized a multi-level-marketing (MLM) network to market and sell a fictitious digital currency bearing the same name. The company made false representations about OneCoin, leading to over $4 billion in global investments by unsuspecting victims who fell prey to the cryptocurrency scam.

Dilkinska was head of legal and compliance for fraudulent cryptocurrency marketed. As per the release, Dilkinska has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, which carries a maximum potential sentence of 20 years in prison, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, which carries a maximum potential sentence of 20 years in prison.

FBI Assistant Director Michael J. Driscoll said in the statement:

“As alleged in the charges unsealed today, Dilkinska helped her co-conspirator, Mark Scott, launder approximately $400 million in OneCoin proceeds while she was purportedly OneCoin’s Head of Legal and Compliance.  Further, when she learned of Scott’s arrest, she destroyed incriminating documents and sent another co-conspirator incriminating messages.  As the actions announced today should demonstrate, the FBI will continue its determination to bring alleged fraudsters like Dilkinska to justice.”