It was easy: you purchased OneCoin tokens, and these then generated coins, which went into your account. ", The webinar hosts talked about Dr Ruja's glittering background: Oxford University, a PhD from Konstanz, a stint with the respected management consultancy, McKinsey and Company A speech Dr Ruja had given at a conference hosted by The Economist magazine was shown - and that's what clinched it for McAdam. In August this year, the City of London police ended a two-year investigation into OneCoin. Now a hit podcast is stepping up the search for the international scam artist, writes Tanya Sweeney The UK began to insist recently that companies must enter the name of the person with "significant control" - the real owner. She told people she had invented a cryptocurrency to rival Bitcoin, and persuaded them to invest billions. She understood that truth and lies are getting harder to tell apart when there is so much contradictory information online. James Richard Shinn was a book lover. Read about our approach to external linking. It starts to get very very very scary, very very very fast." 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. In November 2021, her stake would have peaked at nearly $15 billion, but it has now dropped, still more than enough to help her stay hidden.". DeSantis won't say he's running. This was the secret of OneCoin's success. VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Unlike Ignatova, however, he didnt stay free for very long. Ruja Ignatova, or Dr. Ruja, was a prominent figure in the growing cryptocurrency market. If anyone asks Prudence when the investment is going to deliver the promised riches, she tells them to wait. (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. The inescapable conclusion was that those rising numbers on the OneCoin website were meaningless - they were just numbers typed into a computer by a OneCoin employee. In court it was revealed that Ignatov signed a plea deal on 4 October, in which he pleaded guilty to several fraud charges. Some feared she'd been killed or kidnapped by the banks, who - they'd been told - had most to fear from the cryptocurrency revolution. "Particularly if you have invested something, not only money, but belief, reputation, intelligence. 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. Ruja Ignatova called herself the Cryptoqueen. That's illegal That is an anonymous shell company, as anonymous as anything that you can buy anywhere in the Seychelles or Nevis or the Marshall Islands or Vanuatu.". Doors opened. You told me it was a cryptocurrency company.'". 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 is best known as the founder of a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme known as OneCoin, which The Times has described as "one of the biggest scams in history". 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. Documents leaked to the BBC say 4bn between August 2014 and March 2017. Bishop Fred, we learned, is now one of the country's top promoters of OneCoin, though he says it's no longer promoted during church services. Officers from the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Dubai and Bulgaria were also present. So we start unearthing previous addresses, known friends, old phone numbers, anything that could help us. 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]. "That's what they call it. Men are drinking champagne from the bottle, everyone is eyeing us in a way that makes us feel very uncomfortable. London, June 11, 2016. "There's the answer, right from the horse's mouth, it's official," said one promoter from Alberta, Canada, in a video posted online. The self-styled crypto queen, however, is now wanted by law enforcement for her involvement in the OneCoin scheme. And literally my legs just went, and I fell on the floor,'" she says. "If Dr. Ruja still has the 230,000 bitcoins, she would be one of the currency's largest holders. We had also visited the town of Waltenhofen in Bavaria, not far away, where she and her father bought a steelworks around a decade ago, an episode that led to her being tried for fraud. Jamie Bartlett spent months investigating how she did it for the Missing Cryptoqueen podcast, and trying to figure out where she's hiding. "I can't discuss that. Authorities say she may have. The police files contain presentations made at an "Operation Satellite" Europol meeting in The Hague on 15 March 2017. (And I, at the top, would be making a cut on all the sales. "We made in our first month almost 90,000 out of nothing. Thanks for contacting us. It wasn't a place we'd previously thought of looking. Some are running because they got loans from a bank. OneCoin is no longer operational, with the token unusable and the website inactive. According to Bjercke, Dr Ruja never expected OneCoin to grow so big. Author's note: I am not an expert in cryptocurrencies. OneCoin was a familiar scam with a digital twist - a new and hugely successful take on the old pyramid scheme. Mr Schneider denies obtaining the documents, which he says were passed to him on a USB memory stick by Ms Ignatova. He clicks to see the company's filing history, but where you should see company accounts, there is nothing. 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? the congregations replies. She was entered into a Whatsapp group, with its own "leader" who disseminated information from the headquarters in Sofia. 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.. In October 2022, a documentary called "CryptoqueenThe OneCoin Scam" debuted at Mipcom Cannes. One spring day a few months earlier, Jen McAdam received a message from a friend about an unmissable investment opportunity. "You can never be blamed for believing in something. She would urge and convince simple people to invest in OneCoin and not be left out of the huge potential profits. In March 2016 it was announced that the exchange would be closing down for two weeks for maintenance. "If you have any negativity you should not be in this group," she was told. I don't want those people I introduced into OneCoin to see me moving around. It was launched by two offshore companies: OneCoin Ltd. (based in Bulgaria and registered in Dubai) and OneLife Network Ltd. (registered in Belize). And, most frustratingly of all, she correctly guessed that by the time we realised it, she'd be gone, along with the money. The police documents were passed to The Missing Cryptoqueen podcast by Frank Schneider, a former spy and trusted adviser to Ms Ignatova. As in other countries, OneCoin has spread here through networks of friends and families. She started her own company, OneCoin, in 2014 with her brother Konstantin Ignatov, which was touted as a lucrative rival to the leading . The force has provided assistance to foreign law enforcement partners in respect of their investigations concerning OneCoin personnel and will continue to do this. We should try to get the tracker off it, he says, and he doesn't appear to be joking. They don't have a blockchain today. 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. This proved to be fraudulent and she was sentenced to 14 months suspended jail sentence. We soak up the atmosphere, cheer the British contestant, and then leave. In 2012, she was convicted of fraud in Germany in connection to the acquisition of a steel company that she and her father acquired. "I'm devastated for all the UK victims," Jen McAdam told me, when she heard the news. Except now with plastic surgery, and so harder to spot. Ignatova was a convincing speaker. The fact that OneCoin was operating internationally also created difficulties for the authorities. Not guilt," he replies. On the run since 2017, Dr Ruja Ignat The self-styled cryptoqueen even posted a video one week after the birth of her daughter, thanking people for their support and gifts. It's easy as that.". In her downtime she would throw parties on her luxurious yacht The Davina. In 2016, Ms. McAdam had been in bed due to a chronic illness and she was unable to work. 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Back July 2018 he was arrested in Koh Samui, Thailand, and extradited to the US where he pleaded guilty to wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to launder money. Many were struck by the personality and persuasiveness of the "visionary" Dr Ruja. Members could later exchange these educational packages, ranging from 100 euros to 118,000 euros, for OneCoins. But though she has stopped recruiting, many others haven't, and there are still plenty of interested buyers, she says. 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. In the Ntangamo region of Uganda, not far from Rwandan border, most people make their living growing bananas, or sometimes cassava, sweet potato, beans or groundnut. According to the BBC, farmers in Uganda sold their livestock and invested their money in OneCoin, hoping for a better life for their families and themselves. On the other hand, Ruja and her collaborators amassed millions, which provided them with an affluent lifestyle: they bought luxury yachts, expensive jewelery and exclusive properties. In an interconnected global economy, assets can simply vanish, and you end up chasing shadows. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Then we started looking at some old photos of Ruja, and spotted one friend who appeared with her all the way back to 2011. Ignatov and Greenwood could face a maximum sentence of 90 years in prison. HubPages is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. Dr Ruja had vanished. She was dressed, as usual, in an expensive. Over the next several weeks, Curry sent a stream of information about how cryptocurrencies work: links, articles, YouTube videos. Do you know who to complain to when you are a victim of a Ponzi scheme or pyramid scheme? 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. Bjercke would get an apartment and a car - and an attractive annual salary of about 250,000. Looking to get ideas for places to take our 3 year old while in Frankfurt. 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. They, like almost everyone else involved, were convinced they were earning a fortune. "I think she was so scared in the fall of 2017 that she decided to skip.". Prestige property seller Knight Frank advertised the property but swiftly took the listing down after it emerged that Ignatova had links to it. Could she really be hiding out in the heart of the EU? Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency and is still the biggest and best-known - its rise in value from a few cents to hundreds of dollars per coin by mid-2016 had given rise to a frenzy of excitement among investors. So it seems Ruja is still alive, and is able to visit a European capital without fearing arrest. 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 . Some are divorced.". "In two years, nobody will speak about Bitcoin any more!" "This is classic," he exclaims. Human error to blame for train crash - Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Aliases: Dr. Ruja Ignatova, Ruja Plamenova Ignatova, Ruja P. Ignatova, "CryptoQueen" Date(s) . 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.". A change in the rules of Companies House the UK equivalent of ASIC forced Ignatova out of hiding, as she had to be named in full rather than just her shell company. At the age of 10, her family moved to Germany. While in Waltenhofen, we learned that she had a German husband, a lawyer for the well-known firm, Linklaters. "Oh, hey presto, they haven't filed a person with significant control. It's as glitzy as you would expect. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. The nature of MLM networks - where people often recruit others who are close to them - creates a blurred sense of responsibility. He thought OneCoin would give cryptocurrencies a bad name, and he told McAdam bluntly that it was a scam - "the biggest scam in the [expletive] world". But they used some of this cash to buy more OneCoin. [25] The FBI followed up with an episode of its podcast and YouTube series Inside the FBI devoted to Ignatova and the OneCoin case. FBI records presented in court documents earlier this year indicate that on 25 October 2017, just two weeks after her Lisbon no-show, she boarded a Ryanair flight from Sofia to Athens. The crypto queen possibly traveled on a German passport from Athens, possibly to the United Arab Emirates, Germany, Russia, Eastern Europe or even back to Bulgaria, the FBI has said. [10][2] Claims that she may have studied at University of Oxford in England give no details of college, course, or date of matriculation. She is best known as the founder of a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme known as OneCoin, which The Times has described as "one of the biggest scams in history". Then Its Leader Vanished", "BigCoin & BNA: The original OneCoin Ponzi points", "Co-founder of multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency pyramid scheme "OneCoin" pleads guilty | Internal Revenue Service", "Ruja Ignatova: Leaked police notes may have alerted FBI-wanted Cryptoqueen", "Krypto-Betrug mit OneCoin: Weiteres Verfahren und Durchsuchungen", "International - Betrug in Millionenhhe", "RED NOTICE: Ruja Ignatova, dubbed 'the Cryptoqueen', is #wanted by Germany @bka for fraud and money laundering. A few weeks after our meeting Alan gets back in touch, with some amazing information. The agency is also offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to her arrest. It took McAdam three months to go through it all, but questions were starting to form. And that friend was visiting the richest neighbourhood in Frankfurt in summer this year. Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Ruja Ignatova, with the help of a partner, created a crypto currency that was a scam. There are also investors who feel guilty. He didn't get it, and in December 2017 he quit. Then he tries checking the company's owners. 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.". Black-and-gold shoes, black-and-gold pleated suit, black-and-gold shirt, black-and-gold sunglasses, and he has a thick black-and-gold ring on. "This is supposed to mean that you can no longer use a British company to hide behind," he says, as he scrolls down the page. Details first surfaced in 2021 in leaked documents from Dubai's courts, posted online by Dr. Jonathan Levy, a UK-based lawyer, who described her as "the most successful criminal in history.". When I ask him who might be behind the threats, he won't elaborate. However, in October 2017, the scammer completely vanished as authorities circled and she hasnt been seen since. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. ", The City of London Police told the BBC: "There was insufficient evidence to support criminal proceedings against individuals based in the UK, though the force has never specified that there had been no concerns surrounding OneCoin. [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. [21][22] An Interpol Red Notice followed. Barely a year later, she bamboozled billions and left it behind (not the money) - family included. Human error to blame for train crash - Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. There is a BBC Sounds podcast called "The Missing Cryptoqueen." Several OneCoin events took place in the UK after the FCA took down the warning, and money continued to be invested. Before too long they had passed 100,000 - a 10-fold return. In 2014, 34-year-old Ignatova and Sebastian Greenwood, an expert in multi-level marketing, launched a cryptocurrency called OneCoin. Ruja Ignatova is wanted for her alleged participation in a large-scale fraud scheme. He tells me he's received death threats as a result of speaking out. Ruja Ignatova was born in Sofia but moved to Germany when she was 8 years old. Dubai in the United Arab Emirates is one of five financial routes Ignatova has known connections to. 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. We don't know. "We've been unable to identify UK-based assets, which could be used to compensate UK investors. There are videos of the minister, known as Bishop Fred, leading the congregation in call and response. She never appeared. "OK Jen they don't want to disclose that kind of information, just in case something goes wrong where the blockchain is being held. Money can buy a lot of friends, and I would imagine shes taking advantage of that.. In early June 2016 a 36-year-old businesswoman called Dr Ruja Ignatova walked on stage at Wembley Arena in front of thousands of adoring fans. The US Department of Justice, New York County District Attorney's Office, and Dubai Police did not comment. 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