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CASE OPENThe Cryptoqueen: $4 Billion Vanished With Her. The FBI Still Can't Find Her.
VideoPremieres Tue 10 Nov
Summary
Ruja Ignatova, the OneCoin "Cryptoqueen," sold the world a cryptocurrency she called the Bitcoin killer. US prosecutors say investors put more than $4 billion into OneCoin, a coin with no real blockchain underneath it. In October 2017 she boarded a flight from Sofia to Athens and has not been seen in public since.
She is on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list, charged but never tried. The charges against her are allegations until a court decides.
Chapters
- 0:00The flight to Athens
- 1:20The Doctor
- 2:21The Bitcoin killer
- 4:35Nothing underneath
- 6:32The exit
- 8:36Dead or hiding?
Sources
- FBI Ten Most Wanted poster · FBI
- Charges against OneCoin leaders (2019) · SDNY
- Ignatov complaint (PDF) · SDNY
- Scott sentencing (2024) · SDNY
- Greenwood sentencing (2023) · SDNY
- Dilkinska sentencing · SDNY
- Victim compensation (2026) · DOJ
- BKA appeal (PDF) · BKA
- The Missing Cryptoqueen · BBC
- Ruja Ignatova and Taki · BIRD
- Bulgarian charges (2024) · BTA