Bank of Ireland (BOI) employees refused to testify against the OneCoin alleged crypto scam. According to a court letter filed earlier this week the US government is having difficulties to secure voluntary testimonies from four BOI executives, who are allegedly involved in the matter. US has opened new criminal proceedings against OneCoin, accusing them of a 300 million USD money laundering scheme. The witnesses were expected to give voluntary testimonials, but now it appears they have changed their minds and will cooperate only if it is compulsory. According to observers, this may slow the court proceedings against OneCoin.
Quite right too, don't want to end up like the Kurds. In the meantime they could investigate every bank in Delaware for money laundering to keep busy. It seems here that the email correspondence has been passed on by BOI and the bank allowed the FBI access to staff in Ireland. No stated reason yet for the change of heart on voluntary testimony but it seems appropriate a formal request is made which is being done. Then they have government assured protection. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ire...fy-in-us-cryptocurrency-fraud-trial-1.4047962
Going out of their jurisdiction without an agreement with US prosecutors and an inter-governmental agreement would be madness. Only a notion as there seems insufficient evidence to do more that speculate ATM. On a US prosecutor's whim (a Guliani type?) any of them may get mistreated as witnesses and only their own pockets to pay for lawyers on US soil. The Kurds thing was the obvious, you can't trust America to keep it's word. They need as strong a protection as they can possibly get. So there is a delay as an agreement is made on how they can best help the US while staying within their national law via the U.S.-Ireland Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT). You don't expect them to come home to a suit against them as private individuals by Onecoin investors or other for breaking Irish law inadvertently?