He was an Italian immigrant whose investment scam resulted in people losing tens of millions of dollars. OneCoin has always denied wrongdoing. Following the success of Bitcoin and the subsequent explosion of its price, investors who bought early at a low price made huge returns. She was added to the FBI Ten Most Wanted in June 2022. Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Armed with a microphone and several photographs of Dr Ruja, we headed off to Frankfurt and searched old addresses and gated neighbourhoods said to be the most expensive in Germany. Bjorn received 7.69 million euros which were transferred from Hong Kong. VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. The Rothschild family (/ r (s) t a l d / ROTH(S)-chylde, German: [ot.lt]) is a wealthy Ashkenazi Jewish family originally from Frankfurt that rose to prominence with Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1812), a court factor to the German Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel in the Free City of Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, who established his banking business in the 1760s. "I think she was so scared in the fall of 2017 that she decided to skip.". The company went bankrupt shortly after acquisition under dubious circumstances. According to the Irish Daily Mail, filmmaker Scott Z. Burns, who is behind the production, described McAdam as the new Erin Brockovich. 2023 BBC. [9] Ignatova emigrated to Germany with her family when she was ten years old, and spent part of her childhood in Schramberg in the state of Baden-Wrttemberg. For its fans this is a revolutionary new form of currency, with the potential to sideline the banks and national currencies, and provide banking for anyone with a mobile phone. There, she recruited members to promote OneCoin and sell to their friends and relatives. If it doesn't happen, life is hard.". I show his results to Bullough, who immediately notices how many British companies there are. The promoters said it was the larger packages that were really life-changing. According to the report, Ignatova was murdered aboard a yacht in the Ionian Sea, and her body was dismembered and cast overboard. Even Google - 'Don't listen to Google!'" "We've been unable to identify UK-based assets, which could be used to compensate UK investors. And, most frustratingly of all, she correctly guessed that by the time we realised it, she'd be gone, along with the money. 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. Ignatov and Greenwood could face a maximum sentence of 90 years in prison. The book is called The Missing Cryptoqueen: The Billion Dollar Cryptocurrency Con and the Woman Who Got Away With It. "You can still use them to buy things, you can still use them to buy political influence and nice houses and yachts. What's he waiting for? The daughter, we were informed, might be in Frankfurt. Igor Alberts, the MLM kingpin, said he'd heard she has Russian and Ukrainian passports and travels back and forth between Russia and Dubai. asked Bjercke. Ignatova was a convincing speaker. In her downtime she would throw parties on her luxurious yacht The Davina. He told us we were right - Frankfurt is indeed where she spends much of her time. It's a green light for the OneCoin scammers to continue and extort more money from innocent people in the UK and nothing has been done about it. In 2016 it was here that 22-year-old Daniel Lienhardt came as he was scraping together the 700,000 Ugandan shillings ($250) he needed to buy a OneCoin starter package. It wasn't a place we'd previously thought of looking. The Federal Criminal Police Office announced a 5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. He was initially contracted by OneCoin in order to develop their blockchain for them. [13], In 2012, she was convicted of fraud in Germany in connection with her and her father Plamen Ignatov's acquisition of a company that shortly afterwards was declared bankrupt in dubious circumstances; she was given a suspended sentence of 14 months' imprisonment. He claims he has made 100m over the last 30 years. We've received your submission. At the age of 10, her family moved to Germany. After that, she vanished and remains missing. The BBC asked the ministry whether its staff could be responsible for the leak, but it did not comment. A small beaten down van parked in front and was filled with various office equipment and supplies. she shouted. "Well then prove it to me!" Investors might not have understood the technology, but they could see her talking to huge audiences, or at the Economist conference. 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. A reward of $100,000 is offered by the FBI for information leading to her arrest. In 2016, Ms. McAdam had been in bed due to a chronic illness and she was unable to work. But this is the first principle to grasp: money is only valuable because other people think it's valuable. I don't want those people I introduced into OneCoin to see me moving around. Cryptoqueen: How this woman scammed the world, then vanished, BBC News, November 24, 2019, https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-61966824, https://www.banklesstimes.com/news/2021/11/17/onecoin-alive-and-kicking-in-bulgaria-govt-assisted-crypto-pyramid-scheme/. Those events were packed and organized like rock concerts. In May 2015, already a very successful MLM seller, Igor Alberts was invited to a OneCoin event in Dubai, where he met lots of people, all apparently making fortunes with this new currency. Dr Ruja identified several of society's weak spots and exploited them. 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". Bulgarian-born German citizen Ruja Ignatova, 42, and a business partner called Sebastian Greenwood conned crypto enthusiasts by claiming their crypto token, OneCoin, would be a Bitcoin killer. Where's the help? Now a hit podcast is stepping up the search for the international scam artist, writes Tanya Sweeney Ms Ignatova disappeared on 25 October 2017 after being tipped off about intensifying police investigations into her OneCoin cryptocurrency. So don't worry too much if you don't follow it either.) In 2012, she was convicted of fraud in Germany in connection to the acquisition of a steel company that she and her father acquired. The degrees are genuine. In March 2016 it was announced that the exchange would be closing down for two weeks for maintenance. Several OneCoin events took place in the UK after the FCA took down the warning, and money continued to be invested. 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. Did we get close to her? And then in 2017, the ownership of Artefix was sold to an unknown man in his 20s. The manager of the database could go in and change it at will. I didn't even know what is a blockchain What doubt can I have?". "You must dig deeper.". "There was no other way," he says ruefully. And if you get in early, there's the chance to make a fortune. Then he got into network marketing, or multi-level marketing (MLM) as it is often known, and started making money. "Go back to her life before OneCoin. It seemed like easy money. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved. As a result, lawyers representing Ignatova made a formal claim on the property, listing her as the apartments beneficial owner in a filing with the UKs financial regulator. This scam is estimated to be well over four billion dollars. She was entered into a Whatsapp group, with its own "leader" who disseminated information from the headquarters in Sofia. [21][22] An Interpol Red Notice followed. Frantic calls and messages went unanswered. [12] She reportedly has also worked for McKinsey & Company. But besides loving books, he was also a master book thief. Unlike Ignatova, however, he didnt stay free for very long. she replied, sharply. '", Money might push people to invest in the first place, but the sense of belonging, of doing something, of achieving something, is why they stay, Barker says. They'd read, with envy, the stories of people striking gold with Bitcoin and thought OneCoin was a second chance. It was launched by two offshore companies: OneCoin Ltd. (based in Bulgaria and registered in Dubai) and OneLife Network Ltd. (registered in Belize). She left with a tremendous amount of cash, FBI spokesman Michael Driscoll added. Between August 2014 and March 2017 more than 4bn was invested in dozens of countries. She vanished, he said, because she was afraid that somebody close to her was going to give her up to the FBI. "I can't discuss that. She told people she had invented a cryptocurrency to rival Bitcoin, and persuaded them to invest billions. Jennifer McAdam, a 52-year-old Scottish single parent and businesswoman who fell victim to OneCoin fraud commented that she was pleased the FBI had added Ignatova to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Ruja Plamenova Ignatova (Bulgarian: , romanized:Rua Plamenova Ignatova; born 30 May 1980) is a Bulgarian-born German citizen and convicted fraudster. And McAdam's leader prepared her carefully for conversations with OneCoin sceptics. Jamie Bartlett spent months investigating how she did it for the Missing Cryptoqueen podcast, and trying to figure out where she's hiding. They live in an enormous house in an affluent neighbourhood on the outskirts of Amsterdam. In Europe, less money was invested in the first six months of 2017 compared to the same period in 2016. But it seems it's not just the promise of riches that keeps people believing. DeSantis won't say he's running. "We made in our first month almost 90,000 out of nothing. The FBI added Dr. Ruja Ignatova, the so-called 'Cryptoqueen,' to its list of Ten Most Wanted fugitives. They have filed no financial information at all." Now this link has been confirmed Bartlett said it could be a breakthrough. In this legal case, it is claimed that Ignatova acquired about 230,000 bitcoins, the largest known transaction for bitcoins, worth $48.5 million, from an Emirati royal in 2015. "If they still thought we were a fraudulent company, then guess what, that warning's not removed. She started planning holidays and shopping trips. Over the next hour or so she listened carefully to people talking enthusiastically about this exciting new cryptocurrency - how it could transform her fortunes. In August this year, the City of London police ended a two-year investigation into OneCoin. At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. In an ideal world, regulators would take action to protect consumers from scams like OneCoin. The agent replied that this was correct. At first she was told it was something she didn't need to know, but when she persisted she finally got the truth in a voicemail in April 2017. 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. It was only earlier this year that the US authorities revealed she'd flown to Athens on 25 October 2017. In 2014, 34-year-old Ignatova and Sebastian Greenwood, an expert in multi-level marketing, launched a cryptocurrency called OneCoin. Until this week, however, the OneCoin head office remained open for business - and people were continuing to promote the currency. Ruja Plamenova Ignatova ( Bulgarian: , romanized : Rua Plamenova Ignatova; born 30 May 1980) is a Bulgarian -born German citizen and convicted fraudster. "If I knew what I would have to go through, I would have never blown the whistle. Even the most obscure entry or innocuous comment on a forum is usually saved somewhere, and with enough digging can be found. There were limitations as to how many OneCoins could be exchanged for any other currency per day. ), 'Hun, this could be your opportunity to get rich'. He said he could prove it, too. The documents show attendees from Bulgaria's Interior Ministry at the March 2017 Europol meeting. Daniel is one of thousands of Ugandans who've bought into Dr Ruja's fake cryptocurrency - and the OneCoin financial documents leaked to the BBC reveal that as time went on, investors like him became increasingly important to OneCoin. All over the world, people were already investing their savings into OneCoin, hoping to be part of this new revolution. Find out here. Ruja Ignatova is wanted for her alleged participation in a large-scale fraud scheme. Another lead comes our way when we pay a visit to a bizarre OneCoin beauty pageant in Bucharest. "When you look at my clothes, they are disciplined," he says. he shouts. We soak up the atmosphere, cheer the British contestant, and then leave. Twitter Ruja Ignatova was added to the FBI's Ten Most. In 2012, she was convicted of fraud in Germany in connection with the acquisition of a steel company obtained by Ruja and her father. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Money can buy a lot of friends, and I would imagine shes taking advantage of that.. It's no surprise, then, that OneCoin's corporate structure is incredibly complicated. When there is nothing of value to sell, though, and all the money is made by recruiting other people, it is illegal and goes by another name: a pyramid scheme. Founded and led by Dr Ruja Ignatova, a Bulgarian law PHD graduate and businesswoman, it grew quickly, often driven by hyperbolic public events. BBC News Ruja Ignatova, also known as the "missing Cryptoqueen", has been placed on the FBI's top 10 most wanted list. Human error to blame for train crash - Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. The now 42-year-old is thought to hold both Russian and Ukrainian passports and use a fake ID. Human error to blame for train crash - Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. She told the cheering crowd that OneCoin was on course to become the world's biggest cryptocurrency "for everyone to make payments everywhere". Barely a year later, she bamboozled billions and left it behind (not the money) - family included. 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.". No other law enforcement bodies in attendance would confirm how the information got out. She asks what news we have about OneCoin. A reward is offered for information leading to the arrest of the co-founder of the alleged cryptocurrency 'OneCoin' in hiding since 2017. bka.de/oeffentlichkeitsfahndung14", "Ruja Ignatova: What we know about the OneCoin affair DW 07/05/2022", "OneCoin's Missing 'Crypto Queen' Is Now One of Europe's Most-Wanted Fugitives", https://twitter.com/VessOnSecurity/status/1627201381873352704/, "The life and crimes of Ruja Ignatova, new to FBI's 10 Most Wanted Ruja Ignatova", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ruja_Ignatova&oldid=1141594616, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing Bulgarian-language text, Articles with failed verification from February 2023, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. The UK began to insist recently that companies must enter the name of the person with "significant control" - the real owner. She reportedly earned a PhD in private international law from the University of Constance and has a daughter who. Read about our approach to external linking. She never appeared. Author's note: I am not an expert in cryptocurrencies. Ruja's brother Constantin Ignatov, whom she placed in charge of the company after leaving in 2017, was arrested in March 2019. I pay 100 to start selling vitamin tablets directly to people. Every time a Bitcoin is sent from me to someone else, a record of that transaction goes into everyone's book. Cryptocurrency as an idea was just entering the mainstream. So it's our blockchain technology, a SQL server with a database.". A few weeks after our meeting Alan gets back in touch, with some amazing information. VideoAt the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Why Covid lab-leak theory is now being taken seriously, Blackpink lead top stars back on the road in Asia, Exploring the rigging claims in Nigeria's elections, 'Wales is in England' gaffe sparks TikToker's trip, Ukraine war casts shadow over India's G20 ambitions, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. On 6 March 2019 Konstantin Ignatov was at Los Angeles International airport, waiting to fly back to Bulgaria after some OneCoin meetings in the US. It's also been suggested that there are powerful people who might protect her in her native Bulgaria - and that she could hide in plain sight because of plastic surgery that makes her unrecognisable. Maybe 1,000 wasn't enough? I've also been told by more than one person that it could be as much as 15bn. They have persuaded their friends and families to invest in OneCoin. There are videos of the minister, known as Bishop Fred, leading the congregation in call and response. After Jennifer lost her money, she pursued Ignatova for six years and she was disappointed when the City of London police closed their investigation in 2019, saying they could not locate any assets of OneCoin or its founders in the UK. You can listen to episodes here. But earlier this month, Ignatova reportedly came out of the woodwork to claim one of her properties. "You've been planning, planning for something. Members could later exchange these educational packages, ranging from 100 euros to 118,000 euros, for OneCoins. (Her) lies were designed with one goal, to get everyday people all over the world to part with their hard-earned money.. The opening of a long-promised exchange that would allow OneCoin to be turned into cash kept being delayed - and investors were growing more and more concerned. If you believe you have been a victim of fraud in relation to OneCoin or you suspect someone of actively marketing OneCoin, please come forward and report it to Action Fraud online.". 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. The key point is that these special blockchain databases are what make cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin work. The self-styled cryptoqueen even posted a video one week after the birth of her daughter, thanking people for their support and gifts. He already had 400,000 shillings in savings, and to raise the rest he returned from the capital, Kampala, to his family home, took three goats raised by his younger brothers, and sold them. When Georgia and I called them ourselves to check, they confirmed it. MLM is not illegal. There have been several alleged sightings of her, and it is believed that she could be travelling in the Mediterranean, the Black Sea and Dubai. [11][failed verification] In 2005, she earned a PhD in private international law from the University of Constance in Germany with the dissertation Art. 2023 BBC. There is a BBC Sounds podcast called "The Missing Cryptoqueen." There were several old addresses in the Frankfurt area - ones she'd posted in forums many years ago, or were associated somehow with old phone numbers of hers. They, like almost everyone else involved, were convinced they were earning a fortune. Looking to get ideas for places to take our 3 year old while in Frankfurt. From Pakistan to Brazil, from Hong Kong to Norway, from Canada to Yemen even Palestine. "You're told not to believe anything from the 'outside world'," she recalls. There is some very clever maths behind all this, but this means that Bitcoins can't be faked, they can't be hacked and can't be double-spent. Less than a year later, the warning was removed from the website. The alleged motive for the murder was to conceal the drug lord's involvement in the OneCoin scam. OneCoins other co-founder, Sebastian Greenwood, also fled. 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.. Bjercke would get an apartment and a car - and an attractive annual salary of about 250,000. More folk are going to promote this. By contrast, Jen McAdam says she bears a heavy burden of guilt. They thought I ate their money.". Lots of money. This page was last edited on 25 February 2023, at 21:13. Except now with plastic surgery, and so harder to spot. Police have warned that she has likely had plastic surgery to change her appearance, with hopes low that she would ever be caught. "British companies are the companies of choice," he comments. 1 EuGVO Chancen und Perspektiven der Reform des Gerichtsstands am Erfllungsort, which discusses lex causae in conflict of laws. Her biggest aspiration was just to be rich. 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". We should try to get the tracker off it, he says, and he doesn't appear to be joking. Ruja Ignatova and her business partner Sebastian Greenwood conned their clients out of $4 Billion. The FBI launched their most wanted list in 1950 and of the 529 fugitives that have earned an honorable mention, shes one of just 11 women. From either Greece or Romania Dr Ruja could be extradited to the US. Not guilt," he replies. Do you know how they do so? The police files contain presentations made at an "Operation Satellite" Europol meeting in The Hague on 15 March 2017. For a long time, people have tried to create a form of digital money independent of state-backed currencies. "I felt responsibility. The BBC was not able to verify all of the documents leaked. Igor Alberts is wearing black-and-gold everything. Amazingly, even after this, OneCoin continued to function - and people continued to invest in it. Backstage at London's Wembley Arena, Dr. Ruja Ignatova was nervously pacing up and down, dressed, as usual, in a full-length ball gown. Another tip he gives us is to find out where she has been on her yacht. In the FBI's' 72-year history, Ruja is only the 11th woman to appear on this list. "Once OneCoin was running above 10 million, 20 million, 30 million, something happened where she was unable to stop it," Bjercke says. Taking seriously Alan McLean's advice about studying Dr Ruja's life before OneCoin, Georgia and I turn to the internet, which fortunately never forgets anything. Blame is not easy to apportion. They are desperate to get their hands on the conwoman, offering a $100,000 reward for intel that ultimately leads to her arrest. Why did the FCA drop its Cryptoqueen scam warning? The reason so many people are excited by Bitcoin is that it solves that problem. Dr Ruja Ignatova called her creation the 'Bitcoin killer' - and her hype duped a million investors. "One Life!" A Maserati and Aston Martin are parked outside. If nothing else it should make it easier for the authorities to freeze that asset and maybe even start getting money back to victims.. This proved to be fraudulent and she was sentenced to 14 months suspended jail sentence. At one, in July 2017, the American pop star Bebe Rexha performed a private set. Some are running because they got loans from a bank. (Source: Indias Magazine) The pair are blessed with one daughter. So she decided to invest her savings and the money from her inheritance from her father into OneCoin. Daniel translates, and his mother's reply comes back. Ruja Ignatova, also known as the "missing Cryptoqueen", received police information about investigations into her $4bn (3.5bn) cryptocurrency fraud before she disappeared, it is claimed. Finding people is his speciality, and there is one thing above all he says we should focus on. He didn't get it, and in December 2017 he quit. Alberts was brought up in a poor neighbourhood. At the gated entrance to their mansion is a 10ft-high wrought iron gate with their names and the slogan "What dreams may come". "They're very easy to set up and they look legitimate.". So when an opportunity arises, they have the fear of missing out. It's as glitzy as you would expect. pic.twitter.com/Qv2nNE8Mwf. Sixty per cent of the income Igor Alberts and Andreea Cimbala made from OneCoin (in the end, more than 2m per month) was paid in cash, the rest in OneCoin. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. The company went bankrupt shortly after its acquisition. From the very beginning, she was a gifted child and always at the top of her class. "It's hard. She had got hold of a "big passport", he said, and asked him to get her plane tickets to Vienna, then Athens. Its understood Ignatova purchased the property under a company name, but a new rule means that the beneficiary of said company must also be named in full. ", Some action at the OneCoin HQ at last. Since then, he has pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering and fraud charges, and is due to be sentenced next month. People involved at the early stages have told him it was never supposed to be a billion-dollar scam. The family had saved about 3,000 to buy a maize store so that Daniel's mother could stop spending every day in the fields. She lives in a concrete house with a tin roof - five small rooms, a small television and a cooking area. After Dr Ruja's non-appearance in Lisbon, a point came when Igor Alberts, like Jen McAdam, asked to see evidence of the blockchain. In early 2019, she was charged in absentia by U.S. authorities for wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering. The power of the woman - well done! Others told us she was dead - which does remain a possibility. Despite the successful facade, trouble was brewing. Files seen by the BBC from Europol meetings suggest the FBI-wanted fugitive knew about efforts to arrest her months before she vanished. Jen McAdam on the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme, The video of Dr Ruja at the Economist conference was what clinched it for Jen McAdam, Igor Alberts and Andreea Cimbala outside their house, Daniel, Prudence and Jamie with children in the poor area of Kampala where Prudence works as a nurse, Dr Ruja was renowned for expensive dresses and red lipstick, Dr Ruja posted a video of herself with her baby on social media, Dr Ruja comes on stage at Wembley to the song This Girl Is On Fire. Here's an example: Ruja bought a very large property in central Sofia. 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. "When you talk about the amount of money that's been put into OneCoin of course there's people out there who are pissed off and would do anything to shut anyone like me up," says Bjorn Bjercke, the blockchain expert who discovered there was no blockchain, and started talking about it publicly. VIA HACHETTE BOOKS. She exploited the Cryptocurrency boom for a fortune and then disappeared without a trace . I had no clue that it could be false. But we were still surprised when, during our internet searches, Frankfurt started appearing over and over again. The 42-year-old Bulgarian-born woman is wanted for her alleged role in running a cryptocurrency scam known as OneCoin. OneCoin was a familiar scam with a digital twist - a new and hugely successful take on the old pyramid scheme. By the time the webinar had finished she had decided to invest 1,000. From a tiny fragment of a poster advertising a tennis tournament, an expert identified the park in which one photograph was taken. I felt proud of her.". After Jen McAdam invested into OneCoin she was constantly told she was part of the OneCoin "family". In 2017, Ignatova was already under investigation by the City of London Police, the German authorities, as well as the FBI and Europol, for a string of charges including securities and wire fraud and money laundering. She knew there would be enough people either desperate enough, or greedy enough, or confused enough to take a bet on OneCoin. "And he said: 'Well, first of all, they need a blockchain. The stranger was Timothy Curry, a Bitcoin enthusiast and cryptocurrency advocate. According to the documents, the meeting was attended by the FBI, the US Department of Justice and the New York District Attorney. 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