The former head of legal and compliance for the multibillion-dollar OneCoin scam has been sentenced to four years in prison after admitting that she helped launder millions of dollars.
According to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office, 42-year-old Irina Dilkinskaya was sentenced to four years in prison on Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos .
In addition to the four years in prison, Dilkinska was sentenced to one month of supervised release and forfeiture of $111 million in reparations.
According to an April 3 Bloomberg report, Judge Ramos rejected Dilkinska's request to avoid prison and return home to care for young children in Bulgaria.
Ramos said that Dilkinska was "a woman of great intelligence and a woman who should have known better," adding that she was fully aware of the legal consequences of her actions in handling the $4 billion Ponzi scheme.
"Frankly, I don't understand what prevented her from leaving the program before the moment it was shut down," Ramos said.
On November 10, Dilinska pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud and money laundering in federal court in Manhattan. Each charge carried a maximum penalty of up to five years in prison, meaning Dilkinska faced a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
