Two OmegaPro victims have acquired partially suspended jail sentences in France.
As reported by Caroline Piquet in a January thirty first paywalled article for Le Parisien;
A 26-year-old salesman has been sentenced to 5 years in jail, three of which had been suspended, after beating up a person he accused of ruining him within the alleged OmegaPro pyramid scheme.
His henchman was sentenced to a few years in jail, two of which had been suspended.
Recognized solely by their initials, Bechir E. stood accused of beating up Chadli M. after Chadli recruited him into OmegaPro.
BehindMLM has recognized “Chadli M.” as Chadli Mekid, a outstanding French OmegaPro promoter.
On November 2, Chadli M., 45, was not suspicious when a girl rang his doorbell, a stone’s throw from the Parc des Buttes-Chaumont (Paris, nineteenth arrondissement).
However two giants—200 kg between them—then burst into his residence and demanded that their sufferer give them her entry codes to her cryptocurrency account, the place $300,000 was mendacity dormant.
As for what occurred subsequent, behind closed doorways within the condo, accounts differ. In court docket, Chadli M. claims to have been crushed, strangled, and stabbed twice within the calf.
The assault allegedly reopened a triple fracture in a leg, which he had simply faraway from the solid.
And ruptured the tendon in his left kneecap. Chadli then took benefit of a quick second of inattention on the a part of his attackers to crawl to his door. He allegedly “threw himself down the steps” earlier than screaming for assist.
Bechir was assisted within the assault by Koiry S. At trial Koiry’s lawyer offered a medical certificates solely noting a “small superficial reduce”.
Béchir E., for his half, solely acknowledges a number of “slaps” and blows. He claims that his sufferer’s fracture reopened by accident in a fall down the steps.
He claims that Chadli M. by accident reduce his leg after pulling out a knife.
Bechir maintains he sought Chadli out after “shedding every part” in OmegaPro.
OmegaPro was a Dubai MLM crypto Ponzi run by co-founders Dilawar Singh, Andreas Szakacs and Michael Shannon Sims.
Launched in late 2018 and pitching buyers on a 200% ROI over 16 months, OmegaPro collapsed in late 2022.
Andreas Szakacs was arrested in Turkey in August 2024. Early stories confirmed Szakacs was being held at Maltepe jail however, 5 months on, his standing is now unclear.
Mike Sims hasn’t been arrested however is dealing with a number of civil fraud lawsuits within the US associated to the SAEG and The Merchants Area Ponzi schemes.
Dilawar Singh, final identified to be hiding out in Spain, stays at giant.
Final month an eight month preliminary investigation by France’s Central Workplace for the Suppression of Critical Monetary Crime, was turned over to 2 magistrates for additional investigation.