Ignatova Pulling down (Ruja Ignatova)

Ignatova Pulling down (Ruja Ignatova)

Biography

2022: FBI announces $100,000 reward for information about Ignatova

On June 30, 2022, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officially included Bulgarian Ruzha Ignatova in the top ten most wanted criminals. The agency offers a reward of up to $100 thousand for information leading to the arrest of a criminal who is accused of fraud worth $4 billion.

Ruzha Ignatova, who was dubbed "Kryptokoroleva" in the media, becomes the most wanted cryptomachine in history since the creation of cryptocurrency. The founder of the Bulgarian company OneCoin network marketing in the field of digital currencies, the company, has continued to conquer criminal ratings since its disappearance in 2017. The famous swindler became the 11th woman to be included in the list of ten most wanted criminals by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in its 72-year history. Ignatova is also in the Top 10 most wanted by Europol criminals.

The FBI announced a reward of $100 thousand for information about the Bulgarian Kryptokorolev

Around 2014, Ignatova and her partner founded OneCoin, a Bulgarian company that was positioned as an innovative virtual currency that was supposed to be, according to the founders, a bitcoin killer, but it was not even related to blockchain. Cryptocurrency could not be mined, and the issue was carried out exclusively by One Coin Limited.

To attract mass investment, Ignatova disseminated deliberately false information about the project. Ignatova and her partner promoted OneCoin using a tiered marketing strategy that encouraged investors to sell additional packages to friends and family, according to FBI investigators. The founders took advantage of the excitement around the cryptocurrency boom to attract new victims. According to the FBI, the cost of the bitcoin killer from OneCoin was determined by the founders of the company themselves, and not by market demand for a digital asset. In less than 3 years, the company attracted more than 3 million people who invested about 4 billion euros, according to the FBI.

Rouge Ignatova was charged in a U.S. court and a federal warrant was issued for her arrest. Investigators believe Ignatov may have been informed in advance that she was under investigation by American and international authorities. Kryptokoroleva moved from Bulgaria to Greece on October 25, 2017, and then its trace disappeared.^[1]

Notes