Explained: Who is ‘cryptoqueen’ Ruja Ignatova
Investigators have accused the 42-year-old woman, who was born in Bulgaria, of defrauding victims of more than $4 billion (€3.83 billion) through the OneCoin cryptocurrency company that she founded in 2014
Dr Ruja Ignatova, the self-styled ‘cryptoqueen’, who allegedly led one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency scams, is now on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list, the probe agency announced on Thursday (June 30).
Investigators have accused the 42-year-old woman, who was born in Bulgaria, of defrauding victims of more than $4 billion (€3.83 billion) through the OneCoin cryptocurrency company that she founded in 2014
The FBI is offering a $100,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of Ignatova, who has been missing since 2017, when US officials first issued a warrant for her arrest.
She is only the 11th woman to be included in the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List in its 72 year history, as reported by Forbes.
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