The US government is offering a $5 million reward for any information leading to the arrest or conviction of OneCoin co-founder Ruja Ignatova, also known by the nickname “Cryptoqueen”.
Ruja Ignatova USA offers 5 million USD reward to find "OneCoin queen" Ruja Ignatova
On Wednesday, June 26, the US State Department increased the reward to $5 million for any information that helps police arrest OneCoin co-founder Ruja Ignatova.
Previously, this information was offered a reward of 100,000 USD in 2022. The FBI announced:
“The United States Department of State announces a reward of up to $5 million under the Transnational Organized Crime Program for any information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of German citizen Ruja Ignatova , who is wanted in the United States for participating in one of the largest frauds in history.”
Ruja Ignatova, known as the “queen of cryptocurrency,” has been accused of defrauding more than $4 billion through OneCoin . This 44-year-old woman is currently on the FBI's most wanted list .
In 2014, Sebastian Greenwood and Ignatova founded Onecoin and convinced investors that OneCoin could replace Bitcoin as the world's leading digital currency.
Taking advantage of the appeal of cryptocurrency at that time, Ignatova and her accomplices persuaded investors to invest money in one of the multi-level schemes that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs described as " one of the fraudulent schemes". largest global market in history" with 4 billion USD dispersed.
In 2017, Ignatova was charged with committing wire fraud and conspiracy to launder money. Two weeks after being charged, she traveled from Sofia - Bulgaria to Athens - Greece in October 2017 and disappeared since then.
The latest update from the FBI says Ignatova may have had plastic surgery to change her appearance and is accompanied by a security team.
In 2023, Onecoin co-founder Sebastian Greenwood was sentenced by the US to 20 years in prison , along with a fine of up to 300 million USD. Most recently, former OneCoin legal director Ms. Irina Dilkinska was sentenced to 4 years in prison and ordered to pay a fine of more than 114 million USD in illegal proceeds from OneCoin in April 2024.
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