OneCoin Founder Ruja Ignatova is Now One of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) added Ruja Ignatova, also referred to as “Crypto Queen,” founder of the notorious Ponzi scheme OneCoin, to its “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” listing.

• The FBI introduced the addition of Ruja Ignatova to the listing in a press release on Thursday (June 30, 2022). The Bureau is providing a $100,000 reward to anybody with “information leading to her arrest.”
• Crypto Queen, as Ignatova known as herself, is wished in the United States for working a Ponzi scheme known as OneCoin established in 2014, which she used to allegedly defraud buyers globally of some $4 billion.
• According to the press launch, Ignatova supposedly made false statements and representations to make people spend money on the project. She additionally promoted OneCoin as a “Bitcoin Killer.”

• In 2017, the Southern District of New York issued a warrant for Ignatova’s arrest following her disappearance, with a superseding indictment later in February 2018.
• The OneCoin founder is charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, wire fraud, securities fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
• Ignatova’s final identified location was Athens, Greece, in October 2017, having traveled from Bulgaria. Authorities say that the fugitive “may travel on a German passport to the United Arab Emirates, Bulgaria, Germany, Russia, Greece and/or Eastern Europe.”
• While the Crypto Queen stays at massive, her brother Konstantin Ignatov was arrested again in 2019 and pled responsible to fraud and money laundering expenses. Ignatov is but to get sentencing.
• The newest growth comes shortly after Europol included Ignatova on its most wished fugitives listing in May 2022, providing a €5,000 reward to disclose her whereabouts.