<p>The Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) is being taken to court over its alleged involvement in the $4 billion Ponzi scheme OneCoin, according to court documents published by <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/onecoin-investors-charges-bny-mellon">CoinDesk</a> earlier today.</p> <p>The class-action lawsuit has been amended by investors Donald Berdeaux and Christine Grablis to include the major U.S. bank.</p> <p>Berdeaux and Grablis are seeking damages against OneCoin and its leadership days after an explosive investigation by Buzzfeed News and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists found BNY Mellon had <a href="https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/78412/leak-fincen-files-onecoin">processed</a> some $137 million in funds connected to the OneCoin scam.</p> <p>According to the report, the investors put in about $1 million into the company and allege that the bank processed the payments four years ago and flagged it as a possible Ponzi scheme through an internal investigation in December 2016. However, the investors claim the bank did not file a suspicious activity report (SAR) with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) until February 2017. </p> <p>The bank declined to comment on the CoinDesk report. </p>