Serial fraudster Kari Wahlroos has died in Malaysia.
Wahlroos is reported to have died from streptococcus on November twenty fourth, 2024. A leg amputation was carried out however wasn’t sufficient.
Within the lead as much as Wahlroos dying (early November), I additionally acquired an unconfirmed report he had diabetes, coronary heart issues and “one thing very fallacious together with his abdomen”.
After making a reputation for himself within the collapsed Wellstar pyramid scheme, Wahlroos joined OneCoin in 2015.
Wahlroos shortly rose to be one in every of OneCoin’s prime promoters. As “Ambassador for Europe”, Wahlroos grew to become the face of OneCoin’s advertising.
Wahlroos’ time at OneCoin, for which he’s finest identified for a relentlessly energetic stage presence, was denoted by heavy drug and alcohol abuse.
Wahlroos would later verify this himself, describing his time at OneCoin as a “James Bond life-style”.
Two months after affirmation of OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova’s disappearance, Wahlroos was given the boot.
What adopted was a miserable path of failed MLM Ponzi launches, by way of which Wahlroos desperately tried to regain his “mighty eagle” days at OneCoin.
- Wahlroos joined DagCoin, run by a former OneCoin promoter, in 2018
International NFT Group was Wahlroos’ final rip-off.
To the most effective of my information Wahlroos made his remaining International NFT Group promo publish in September 2024. Presumably someday after, Wahlroos’ well being points acquired severe.
Though having loads of time to mirror on his time at OneCoin, Wahlroos remained unapologetic over his function within the $4 billion plus Ponzi scheme.
In a January 2024 trailer for an upcoming documentary, Wahlroos instructed OneCoin victims to “kiss his ass”.
“Kari Wahlroos – OneCoin – The Inside Man” stays unreleased. It’s unclear whether or not Orlando John has shelved the undertaking.
What Wahlroos stole by way of OneCoin and subsequent MLM crypto scams stays unaccounted for. That stated, Wahlroos is understood to have amassed a property empire in Dubai.
Though not confirmed, it’s assumed Wahlroos bequeathed what was left of his ill-gotten positive aspects to long-time love curiosity Betija Valrosa.
European authorities persistently failed to carry Wahlroos accountable for his scamming over time.
Initially from Finland, in some unspecified time in the future after OneCoin Wahlroos relocated to Malaysia. It’s there Wahlroos died on the age of 55, simply shy of his 56th birthday.