OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova, also known as “Cryptoqueen” Added to list One of the FBI’s ten most wanted fugitives for her role allegedly deceived over $ 4 billion in investors.
This action was taken by the FBI in New York, the US Lawyer’s Office in the Southern District of New York, and the IRS Criminal Investigation Newark Field Office. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has also provided up to $ 100,000 incentives for information that could lead to her capture.
Indicted by a federal grand jury in October 2017, the United States District Court in the Southern District of New York issued an arrest warrant for Ignatova at the time. Ignatova has 1 count of wire fraud conspiracy, 1 count of wire fraud conspiracy, 1 count of money laundering conspiracy, 1 count of securities fraud, and securities fraud with handed replacement indictment. Was charged with one count of the conspiracy to commit. She went down in February 2018.
According to investigators, Ignatova is suspected of being involved in a significant extent of fraud. Ignatova and other companies are believed to have begun to trick investors around 2014. The amount involved is estimated to be in the billions of dollars.
She was the brain of a project that would later become known as OneCoin Ltd. in Bulgaria and promoted a product that claimed to be a cryptocurrency. To put her plans into action, Ignatova reportedly took deceptive actions against people by making false claims and statements about OneCoin’s investment opportunities.
Ignatova reportedly urged victims to transfer their investment to their OneCoin account in order to obtain the OneCoin package, resulting in the victim sending a wire transfer reflecting the investment. She has been accused of being involved in this fraud. Through the plot, the victims are suspected of losing more than $ 4 billion due to fraud committed by OneCoin. Ignatova, she was OneCoin’s top leader until she resigned in October 2017.
In March 2019, Ignatova Arrested in the United States It is said that he is conducting a rat lecture.In May of the same year, the founder of OneCoin Proceeded by a former investor Alleged billion-dollar scam.
In May 2022, the founder of OneCoin Declared that I wanted In Europe, the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) commits fraud and money laundering.