From Pakistan to Brazil, from Hong Kong to Norway, from Canada to Yemen even Palestine. Some are hiding. A reward of $100,000 is offered by the FBI for information leading to her arrest. But it is controversial, because usually only a small number of people make all the money. She lives in a concrete house with a tin roof - five small rooms, a small television and a cooking area. [21][22] An Interpol Red Notice followed. When we started planning the Missing Cryptoqueen podcast in late 2018, no-one really had a clue what happened to Dr Ruja after her disappearance. Then a few days later we received a call from a trusted source we cannot identify. Far from putting an end to their financial worries, she and her friends and family had thrown a quarter of a million euros away. [17], On 25 October 2017 Ignatova disappeared after being tipped off about increasing police investigations about OneCoin. We've received your submission. 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Many were struck by the personality and persuasiveness of the "visionary" Dr Ruja. They don't care! Nobody knew why she wasn't there," recalls one delegate. The US Department of Justice, New York County District Attorney's Office, and Dubai Police did not comment. All of them were "very up-tempo, full of beans, full of passion", she remembers. And every item of clothing is Dolce and Gabbana. In court it was revealed that Ignatov signed a plea deal on 4 October, in which he pleaded guilty to several fraud charges. Bjercke would get an apartment and a car - and an attractive annual salary of about 250,000. We should try to get the tracker off it, he says, and he doesn't appear to be joking. The Onecoin Ponzi was a multi-level-marketing (MLM) venture that featured packages that were ostensibly tethered to a blockchain network. What are the things that I'm going to have to do for this company?'" [16] In 2014, she founded a pyramid scheme called OneCoin. The documents include details of US authorities having a "high-placed confidential informant", OneCoin bank accounts receiving investor funds, and unsuccessful efforts by the UK's City of London Police to interview Ms Ignatova. She feels guilty towards those who she introduced to OneCoin, she says, but also towards her late father, a miner, who worked hard all his life in horrible conditions, and left her the money that she then gave away. Following her studies, she became a consultant for McKinsey and Co. Now this link has been confirmed Bartlett said it could be a breakthrough. There have been several alleged sightings of her, and it is believed that she could be travelling in the Mediterranean, the Black Sea and Dubai. He was initially contracted by OneCoin in order to develop their blockchain for them. (Source: Indias Magazine) The pair are blessed with one daughter. Do you know who to complain to when you are a victim of a Ponzi scheme or pyramid scheme? Dr Ruja Ignatova has been charged with wire fraud, security fraud and money laundering, by the US authorities By Jamie Bartlett Presenter, The Missing Cryptoqueen In June 2016, Dr Ruja. They can easily kill me. They have filed no financial information at all." He told us we were right - Frankfurt is indeed where she spends much of her time. Bang!". The FBI launched their most wanted list in 1950 and of the 529 fugitives that have earned an honorable mention, shes one of just 11 women. 5 Nr. Former 'Cryptoqueen' is now one of 10 most-wanted fugitives Ruja Ignatova, a founder of OneCoin, is accused of running a $4 billion pyramid scheme By Mara Luisa Pal July 1, 2022 at 7:31 a.m.. This mushrooms very rapidly - 25 rounds of recruitment later and everyone in the UK would be selling vitamins. It's hard to know how much money has been put into OneCoin. The only way to exchange these OneCoins for any other currency was through an internal marketplaceOneCoin Exchange, known as xcoinx. "So we need you to build a blockchain," he went on. Until this week, however, the OneCoin head office remained open for business - and people were continuing to promote the currency. He will be sentenced in April and could receive up to 20 years in prison. Perhaps it would put him in an uncomfortable position. Money can buy a lot of friends, and I would imagine shes taking advantage of that.. Daniel is one of thousands of Ugandans who've bought into Dr Ruja's fake cryptocurrency - and the OneCoin financial documents leaked to the BBC reveal that as time went on, investors like him became increasingly important to OneCoin. This is also where Dr Ruja's husband - or perhaps ex-husband - lives and works. The manager of the database could go in and change it at will. (I tested this explanation on my mother, the family technophobe, and she told me I'd failed to make it clear enough and should start again. You think, 'Wait a bit longer. It's hard to say.". But besides loving books, he was also a master book thief. In 2016, Ms. McAdam had been in bed due to a chronic illness and she was unable to work. "OneCoins principals continue to operate from Bulgaria," according to Dr Levy. Dr Ruja's genius was to take all of this and sell the idea to the masses. A court reporter was there to hear his testimony, and according to his account of the proceedings Ignatov appears to have implied that his sister had duped him with the same line the organisation put out to its investors - that OneCoin critics were "haters" who could not be believed. Ruja Ignatova, also known as the "missing Cryptoqueen", received police information about investigations into her $4bn (3.5bn) cryptocurrency fraud before she disappeared, it is claimed. she shouted. "You're told not to believe anything from the 'outside world'," she recalls. But we need to keep going, we needed to find the house. "You've been planning, planning for something. Ruja Ignatova and her business partner Sebastian Greenwood conned their clients out of $4 Billion. What's he waiting for? 1 EuGVO Chancen und Perspektiven der Reform des Gerichtsstands am Erfllungsort, which discusses lex causae in conflict of laws. It meant Ignatova was kept out of public records and land registry deeds until now. In 2020, it was announced that Jennifer McAdam will be portrayed by Kate Winslet in an upcoming Hollywood film about the OneCoin fraud. She was entered into a Whatsapp group, with its own "leader" who disseminated information from the headquarters in Sofia. They have persuaded their friends and families to invest in OneCoin. The US lawyer prosecuting Ignatova, Damian Williams, released a damning statement last month where he said her crypto tokens were useless. Bjorn Bjercke is a blockchain expert and he was the first person who started speaking publicly against OneCoin. However, in October 2017, the scammer completely vanished as authorities circled and she hasnt been seen since. Another lead comes our way when we pay a visit to a bizarre OneCoin beauty pageant in Bucharest. Investors often told us that what drew them in initially was the fear that they would miss out on the next big thing. He introduced her to Bjorn Bjercke, the blockchain developer who said there was no blockchain. Ruja Ignatova, with the help of a partner, created a crypto currency that was a scam. He points out that he spent millions buying OneCoin, possibly more than anyone else. Ignatova started to refer to herself as the Cryptoqueen. Several days ago, a penthouse apartment in the London suburb of Kensington, England, went up for sale with an asking price of 12.5 million [$15.5 million] which was then downgraded to 11 million [$13.6 million]. But by this stage, thanks to Curry and Bjercke, she knew that a standard SQL server database was no basis for a genuine cryptocurrency. So it seems Ruja is still alive, and is able to visit a European capital without fearing arrest. Dr. Ruja Ignatova was born in Bulgaria on May 30, 1980. Phil and Georgia both recruit two people, and then all four of them recruit two more, and so on. According to the report, Ignatova was murdered aboard a yacht in the Ionian Sea, and her body was dismembered and cast overboard. "You will find her," he said. Dr Ruja was still travelling the world to sell her vision - hopping from Macau to Dubai to Singapore, filling out arenas, pulling in new investors. "You can never be blamed for believing in something. Not guilt," he replies. At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Files seen by the BBC from Europol meetings suggest the FBI-wanted fugitive knew about efforts to arrest her months before she vanished. The Bulgarian woman, believed to be in her 40s, is wanted for her alleged. And if sellers have invested their own money, they are victims too. Over the next hour or so she listened carefully to people talking enthusiastically about this exciting new cryptocurrency - how it could transform her fortunes. As a result, lawyers representing Ignatova made a formal claim on the property, listing her as the apartments beneficial owner in a filing with the UKs financial regulator. The Rothschild family (/ r (s) t a l d / ROTH(S)-chylde, German: [ot.lt]) is a wealthy Ashkenazi Jewish family originally from Frankfurt that rose to prominence with Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1812), a court factor to the German Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel in the Free City of Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, who established his banking business in the 1760s. I will double your coins, I will double your coins. Whether it's Bank of England notes and coins, shells, precious stones or matchsticks - all of which have historically been used as money - it only works when everyone trusts it. ", Such explanations don't offer much comfort to those affected. You've heard of Google, but there are several other search engines that specialise in this. Greenwood was arrested in 2018. The narco-boss is said currently to reside in Dubai, having evaded Bulgarian authorities. [24], The Federal Bureau of Investigation added Ignatova to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, and announced at a joint press conference with IRS Criminal Investigation and United States Attorney's Office Southern District of New York, offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to her arrest. Between August 2014 and March 2017 more than 4bn was invested in dozens of countries. OneCoin, Dr Ruja told the Wembley audience, was the "Bitcoin Killer". They didn't feel they were taking a risk, because they trusted Ruja and her education and work experience. When investors became members promoting OneCoin, they were getting a percentage margin on the proceeds from the people they had introduced and persuaded to invest in the company. So with Georgia Catt, producer of The Missing Cryptoqueen podcast, I went to see Oliver Bullough, an expert on what he calls Moneyland - the shadowy parallel world where criminals and the super-rich hide their wealth. Daniel translates, and his mother's reply comes back. She would have known that we were looking for her, he added, and she would have laughed at us. Every time a Bitcoin is sent from me to someone else, a record of that transaction goes into everyone's book. You told me it was a cryptocurrency company.'". It's also notorious for exaggerated promises of high earnings and tough sales targets. I sell a box to my friends, Georgia and Phil, and make a small cut. That I don't know what they're thinking. I haven't given her 100% full confirmation that it won't work. Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. When Georgia and I visited Sofia a month later, Dr Ruja's personal mansion appeared to be locked up and empty, but the OneCoin office gave every appearance of being a busy workplace. The US Department of Prosecutions has charged Ignatova with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to commit securities fraud and securities fraud. The FBI did not comment on the Europol documents, but Special Agent Paul Roberts told the podcast: "There were investigations all around the world into her, and into OneCoin generally, many of which she had become aware of due to actions by law enforcement in other countries.". McAdam started a Facebook support group for other defrauded victims of OneCoin. I show his results to Bullough, who immediately notices how many British companies there are. In 2016 it was here that 22-year-old Daniel Lienhardt came as he was scraping together the 700,000 Ugandan shillings ($250) he needed to buy a OneCoin starter package. "We are concerned about the potential risk this poses to UK consumers.". "It's hard. In fact, OneCoins were entirely worthless, he said, per CNN. Sky Germany, the U.K.'s Channel 4 and super-indie Fremantle are backing a three-part doc series about the con, which was spearheaded by the mysterious Dr. Ruja Ignatova, who is still on the run . "You must dig deeper.". Cryptoqueen: How this woman scammed the world, then vanished, BBC News, November 24, 2019, https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-61966824, https://www.banklesstimes.com/news/2021/11/17/onecoin-alive-and-kicking-in-bulgaria-govt-assisted-crypto-pyramid-scheme/. Its understood Ignatova purchased the property under a company name, but a new rule means that the beneficiary of said company must also be named in full. "I was thinking: 'What is my job going to be? Game over.". Prudence is a nurse in a Kampala slum, who thought she could make more money selling OneCoin and set about recruiting new investors. Ruja Ignatova, the self-described "Cryptoqueen.". Investors who have worked hard their whole life and saved some money risked these savings, believing that by investing in OneCoin they could have a better future. Ruja Plamenova Ignatova (Bulgarian: , romanized:Rua Plamenova Ignatova; born 30 May 1980) is a Bulgarian-born German citizen and convicted fraudster. They'd read, with envy, the stories of people striking gold with Bitcoin and thought OneCoin was a second chance. Dr Ruja herself made a powerful impression too, with her "princess's dresses" and her vision of a financial revolution. Facebook Previously, the property belonged to a company called Abbots House Penthouse Limited,. Dr Ruja identified several of society's weak spots and exploited them. Men are drinking champagne from the bottle, everyone is eyeing us in a way that makes us feel very uncomfortable. Ignatovas brother, Konstantin Ignatova, took over the operation after she fled. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. [2][3][4] She is the subject of the 2019 BBC podcast series The Missing Cryptoqueen and the 2022 book of the same name. If it's true she was in these countries earlier this year, she probably has a fake identity. A towel covers the front door, and a few metres away is her land, where she grows her own food and sells anything left over at the local market. Ignatov and Greenwood could face a maximum sentence of 90 years in prison. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. Amazingly, even after this, OneCoin continued to function - and people continued to invest in it. It was only earlier this year that the US authorities revealed she'd flown to Athens on 25 October 2017. We already knew that Dr Ruja spent some of her childhood in Schramberg, southern Germany. 16 months' suspended imprisonment for a previous case. In May 2015, already a very successful MLM seller, Igor Alberts was invited to a OneCoin event in Dubai, where he met lots of people, all apparently making fortunes with this new currency. Frantic calls and messages went unanswered. There is a BBC Sounds podcast called "The Missing Cryptoqueen." "You're in at such an early stage and it's just going to go like Bitcoin. "I've been telling her it's changing. VideoAt the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Why Covid lab-leak theory is now being taken seriously, Blackpink lead top stars back on the road in Asia, Exploring the rigging claims in Nigeria's elections, 'Wales is in England' gaffe sparks TikToker's trip, Ukraine war casts shadow over India's G20 ambitions, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. The Forbes cover isn't: it was actually an inside cover - a paid-for advertisement - from Forbes Bulgaria, but once the real cover was ripped off, it looked impressive. He claims he has made 100m over the last 30 years. It is a tale of 'greed and folly' perhaps even more scandalous than Holmes' billion-dollar Theranos bust-up. In addition to losing their own money, they were the instigators for their loved ones to lose their investments as well. [26], According to a report published by Bulgarian investigative reporting site Bird, Ignatova was murdered in November 2018 on the orders of a Bulgarian drug lord, Hristoforos Amanatidis, also known as "Taki". Ignatovas associates havent been as lucky. The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which is responsible for regulating financial markets in the UK, issued a warning on its website only in September 2016. Except now with plastic surgery, and so harder to spot. She vanished, he said, because she was afraid that somebody close to her was going to give her up to the FBI. She was dressed, as usual, in an expensive. But the authorities all over the world have been slow to react, partly because the whole area of cryptocurrencies is relatively new. Europol told the BBC it was looking into the matter, adding: "This complex scenario with many stakeholders makes it difficult to assess where and how such an incident might have occurred.". I don't want those people I introduced into OneCoin to see me moving around. Dr. Ruja Ignatova was born in Sofia, Bulgaria on May 30, 1980. London, June 11, 2016. Realizing that an arrest warrant was imminent and fearing that she could spend the rest of her life behind bars, Ruja decided to flee. "She was on her way. "We are very proud of this in this country," he says. He is now facing extradition to the US for his alleged role in the OneCoin fraud. It's no surprise, then, that OneCoin's corporate structure is incredibly complicated. [20], Afterward, the North Rhine-Westphalia Police and German Federal Criminal Police Office announced that Ignatova is sought for fraud charges. In November of the same year, he pleaded guilty to charges of money laundering and fraud. Then he says I should check what yachts were bought in Athens around the time she arrived there from Sofia. When I ask for more details, he replies: "No, I cannot tell that because I don't want to take that risk with our lives.". He tells me he's received death threats as a result of speaking out. Documents leaked to the BBC show that British people spent almost 30m on OneCoin in the first six months of 2016, 2m of it in a single week - and the rate of investment could have increased after the Wembley extravaganza. On 5 November 2019, the day after the final episode of The Missing Cryptoqueen podcast was released, Dr Ruja's brother, Konstantin Ignatov, appeared in court in New York, testifying for the government in a case against a lawyer accused of laundering $400m of the money OneCoin made in the US. List of fugitives from justice who disappeared, " 41- , ", "Cryptoqueen: How this woman scammed the world, then ran", "The mystery of the disappearing 'Cryptoqueen', "The 4bn OneCoin scam: how crypto-queen Dr Ruja Ignatova duped ordinary people out of billions then went missing", "Is OneCoin The Biggest Financial Fraud in History? I would have just turned my back and walked away," he says. "Look, nothing has happened. You can listen to episodes here. OneCoin,. And literally my legs just went, and I fell on the floor,'" she says. On the run since 2017, Dr Ruja Ignat Listen to The Missing Cryptoqueen podcast on BBC Sounds - the search for Dr Ruja Ignatova continues, with a new episode about the police leak out on 19 October. He didn't get it, and in December 2017 he quit. Everything is meant to be transparent - the website contains the details of every company in the UK. We don't know. She started planning holidays and shopping trips. Jen McAdam on the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme, The video of Dr Ruja at the Economist conference was what clinched it for Jen McAdam, Igor Alberts and Andreea Cimbala outside their house, Daniel, Prudence and Jamie with children in the poor area of Kampala where Prudence works as a nurse, Dr Ruja was renowned for expensive dresses and red lipstick, Dr Ruja posted a video of herself with her baby on social media, Dr Ruja comes on stage at Wembley to the song This Girl Is On Fire. But then I recruit Georgia and Phil to start selling too, and I make a cut on their sales as well. "I did the calculation how many coins we needed to become the richest person on the planet," Igor says. When there is nothing of value to sell, though, and all the money is made by recruiting other people, it is illegal and goes by another name: a pyramid scheme. If you believe you have been a victim of fraud in relation to OneCoin or you suspect someone of actively marketing OneCoin, please come forward and report it to Action Fraud online.". According to the Irish Daily Mail, filmmaker Scott Z. Burns, who is behind the production, described McAdam as the new Erin Brockovich. And then in 2017, the ownership of Artefix was sold to an unknown man in his 20s. From a tiny fragment of a poster advertising a tennis tournament, an expert identified the park in which one photograph was taken. 2023 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. "That's what they call it. she replied, sharply. Both companies were founded by Ignatova and Greenwood. James Richard Shinn was a book lover. Its working title is Fake! A couple of people looked at the photographs and paused for a long time, raising our hopes - but then said they didn't recognise her. On the same day he was arrested, the FBI declared OneCoin a fraudulent currency. The FBI added Dr. Ruja Ignatova, the so-called 'Cryptoqueen,' to its list of Ten Most Wanted fugitives. the FBI added Ruja Ignatova to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, The Missing Cryptoqueen: The Billion Dollar Cryptocurrency Con and the Woman Who Got Away With It, Cryptoqueen: How this woman scammed the world, then vanished, The life and crimes of Ruja Ignatova, new to FBI's 10 Most Wanted Ruja Ignatova, https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/30/fbi-adds-cryptoqueen-to-ten-most-wanted-fugitives-list-for-fraud.htm, 'Cryptoqueen' Ruja Ignatova added to FBI's top ten most wanted list. "Well then prove it to me!" In fact, she had gone underground. From the very beginning, she was a gifted child and always at the top of her class. They, like almost everyone else involved, were convinced they were earning a fortune. The stranger was Timothy Curry, a Bitcoin enthusiast and cryptocurrency advocate. Human error to blame for train crash - Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. 2023 BBC. The self-styled cryptoqueen even posted a video one week after the birth of her daughter, thanking people for their support and gifts. I felt proud of her.". We explore the path she followed in her business life, making her extremely rich, extremely quicklybut it was all done at the expense of others. Prestige property seller Knight Frank advertised the property but swiftly took the listing down after it emerged that Ignatova had links to it. In 2014, 34-year-old Ignatova and Sebastian Greenwood, an expert in multi-level marketing, launched a cryptocurrency called OneCoin. And if you get in early, there's the chance to make a fortune. Thanks for contacting us. In general, people are tempted by the idea of making huge profits fast. Prof Eileen Barker of the London School of Economics, who has spent years studying groups like the Moonies and Scientologists, says there are similarities between OneCoin and messianic millennium cults, where people believe they are part of something big that is going to change the world - and no matter what the evidence, once they've signed up, it's very hard for them to admit they are wrong. This is notoriously difficult - go online and you'll find hundreds of different descriptions, some of them utterly baffling to the non-specialist. (Her) lies were designed with one goal, to get everyday people all over the world to part with their hard-earned money.. Could she really be hiding out in the heart of the EU? ", Some action at the OneCoin HQ at last. Big companies like Amway and Herbalife use these techniques. 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