I wouldn't budge if I were these journalists. This is aimed to scare them and buy time for the scheme, so there's nothing to fear.
This is a scamcoin and all lawyers in the world won't change that. Onecoin doesn't have enough time to go to court, by the time the verdict is reached they'll be far gone with all the money.
Such impression that under decent crypto currency can hide and swindle therefore journalists very strongly sniffs out all sorts of information. And at the same time, there is a lot of money going around, so there is so much interest from the media.