The Nancy Court of Appeal released on Friday with house arrest the former N.3 of Luxembourg intelligence whose extradition the United States is demanding in a case of fraud to the
cryptocurrency
"
OneCoin
",
a-
we learned from his lawyer.
The investigating chamber of the court of appeal decided to release Franck S., 51, with an "
house arrest under electronic bracelet.
", Told AFP Me Emmanuel Marsigny.
The court will also render its decision on January 19 on the extradition request formulated by the American authorities and which the Luxembourger refuses.
Ex-N.3 of the intelligence services of his country, reconverted in business, Franck S. was arrested in Moselle on April 29 by the search and intervention brigade (BRI), in his vehicle, 2 kilometers from the Luxembourg border.
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Following this arrest, two FBI agents traveled to Nancy in early June to thank the French investigators.
The ex-spy is wanted by the American justice system in a fraudulent
cryptocurrency
case "
OneCoin
" which had made it possible to defraud its users of several billion dollars between 2014 and 2019. The system was based on a Ponzi scheme which consists of paying investors with funds provided by new entrants.
Franck S. is indicted by the American justice system, which calls for him to answer for a "
conspiracy to commit electronic fraud
" and "
to commit a money laundering offense
".
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"
He is falsely presented by the American prosecutor as being on the run, which he has never been,
" said Mr. Marsigny, who described the release of his client as a "
snub
" for this prosecutor. According to the lawyer, his client, far from being on the run, was on the contrary "
in negotiation
" and even had "an
appointment with the American prosecutor in April 2020
", an appointment finally "
canceled
" by the magistrate himself. even because of the Covid-19 epidemic, still argued Me Marsigny. In addition, he considers
the American indictment
"
imprecise
" which, according to him, fails to mention the constituent elements of the alleged conspiracy. "
We are not trying to escape justice, we are simply seeking justice but in conditions that allow us to defend ourselves
, ”insisted the lawyer.
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