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Co-founder of OneCoin Pyramid Scheme Pleads Guilty, ‘CryptoQueen’ Still Wanted
16.12.2022
One of the founders behind OneCoin pleaded guilty to federal U.S. charges on Friday after one of the largest financial scams of all time, according to the Department of Justice. The purported cryptocurrency project was fraudulent from its 2014 beginnings, prosecutors said, with OneCoin – co-founded...
The Missing CryptoQueen Has Friends in (Very) High Places
2.11.2022
With evidence of complicity at the very highest levels of government, the BBC’s years-long investigation into the OneCoin pyramid scheme returns
Cryptoqueen Ruja Ignatova Tipped Off About Onecoin Investigations Before She Vanished, Report
22.10.2022
Ruja Ignatova, founder of the notorious crypto pyramid Onecoin, was reportedly alerted about police investigations into the scam before she disappeared. The ‘Cryptoqueen’ has been on the run for several years, wanted by law enforcement agencies around the world. Onecoin Mastermind Learned About...
Onecoin Cryptoqueen Associates Appear in German Court
21.10.2022
Three people are facing trial in Germany for their roles in one of the crypto world’s most infamous scams, Onecoin. The defendants are accused of fraud, among other crimes, allegedly committed as they assisted the pyramid scheme’s mastermind, ‘Cryptoqueen’ Ruja Ignatova, who is still on the run....
'Cryptoqueen' associates face German court for role in $4B OneCoin scheme
19.10.2022
The whereabouts of “Cryptoqueen” Ruja Ignatova are still unknown but the charges against OneCoin members are starting to pile up
FBI Profiles Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive ‘Crypto Queen’ Ruja Ignatova of Onecoin Scam
1.9.2022
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) profiled the Onecoin cryptocurrency scam and its co-founder Ruja Ignatova, aka “Crypto Queen,” in a new podcast. Onecoin was one of the world’s biggest crypto scams and Ignatova was recently added to the FBI’s 10 most wanted...
Accomplice of 'Cryptoqueen' Ruja Ignatova faces extradition to US: Report
31.8.2022
The British national facing extradition was allegedly involved in laundering $105 million through the crypto Ponzi scheme OneCoin starting in 2014
Greek Police Scramble to Catch Onecoin’s ‘Cryptoqueen’ Ruja Ignatova, Local Media Reports
29.7.2022
Law enforcement in Greece has recently tried to locate Ruja Ignatova, founder of the infamous Onecoin pyramid scheme. According to a leading Greek daily, investigators acted on intelligence suggesting she was still in the country. Also known as ‘Cryptoqueen,’ Ignatova was last seen...
Onecoin’s Co-Founder Ruja Ignatova Has Been Added to the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List
30.6.2022
One of the Onecoin co-founders, Ruja Ignatova, otherwise known as the ‘Cryptoqueen,’ has been added to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list on Thursday. In addition to adding the Cryptoqueen to the most wanted list, the FBI is offering...
'Cryptoqueen' Ruja Ignatova makes FBI's Ten Most Wanted list
30.6.2022
The Bulgarian-German businesswoman was last spotted in Athens in 2017, and now it’s worth up to $100,000 to provide U.S. law enforcement with information about her
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12.5.2022
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Onecoin’s $18.2M London Penthouse: Trial in Germany Reveals ‘Cryptoqueen’ Ruja Ignatova’s Lavish Lifestyle
7.11.2021
The Onecoin Ponzi scheme is still making headlines as reports from a trial in Germany revealed the missing ‘Cryptoqueen,’ Ruja Ignatova, purchased a London penthouse worth $18.2 million with proceeds from the Onecoin operation. The Münster court’s findings stem from...
German Trial Reveals OneCoin Cryptoqueen's USD 18.2M London Penthouse
4.11.2021
As the German lawyer of Ruja Ignatova, the creator of the notorious OneCoin Ponzi scheme, is on trial in Germany on money laundering charges, the legal proceedings have shed some light on her assets including the purchase of a luxury London penthouse. ...
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Lawsuit Claims Onecoin’s ‘Cryptoqueen’ Ruja Ignatova Holds 230,000 Bitcoin
14.5.2021
One of the ringleaders of the largest crypto Ponzi schemes, Onecoin’s Ruja Ignatova, otherwise known as the “Cryptoqueen,” allegedly owns 230,000 bitcoin worth over $11 billion today. Court documents filed by victims of the Onecoin scheme indicate that she received the bitcoins...
OneCoin marketing guru in plea talks
19.12.2020
The "public face of OneCoin" is in plea talks for a range of charges
8 People Arrested in Argentina Linked to Onecoin Ponzi Scam
13.12.2020
The Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Argentine city of Córdoba has indicted 12 people in connection with the Onecoin Ponzi scheme. Eight of them have been arrested. Onecoin Scammers Arrested The Public Prosecutor’s Office for Complex Crimes of the Argentine city of Córdoba...
Lawyer for OneCoin scammer Ruja "Cryptoqueen" Ignatova disbarred
1.11.2020
Mark S. Scott, who pocketed upwards of $50 million in fees for laundering OneCoin money, disbarred
Onecoin Allegedly Tied to Racehorse Firm, Phoenix Thoroughbreds Removed from France Galop Race
21.8.2020
Last week the firm Phoenix Thoroughbreds was reportedly banned from horse racing in France over the founder’s alleged involvement with the crypto Ponzi scheme Onecoin. Last November, Onecoin cofounder Konstantin Ignatov, the Cryptoqueen’s brother, told New York prosecutors Phoenix...
Reports Claim UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ‘Pressurized’ to Remove Onecoin Scam Warning
8.8.2020
A recent episode of the popular BBC Sounds podcast the “Missing Cryptoqueen” has shown the public a very interesting view of the powerful Onecoin Ponzi. According to two witnesses the BBC interviewed, a London law firm and a reputation management company allegedly managed to get...
The Onecoin Debacle: Indictments Unsealed, 2 Dead in Mexico, Story Gets ‘Darker’
29.7.2020
The Onecoin fiasco is still making headlines these days as a number of alleged money laundering companies were exposed on July 25, two Onecoin leaders were recently killed in Mexico, and the British author Jamie Bartlett revealed a new “Missing Cryptoqueen” episode is coming soon....