But they have always failed because no-one could trust them. Then Its Leader Vanished", "BigCoin & BNA: The original OneCoin Ponzi points", "Co-founder of multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency pyramid scheme "OneCoin" pleads guilty | Internal Revenue Service", "Ruja Ignatova: Leaked police notes may have alerted FBI-wanted Cryptoqueen", "Krypto-Betrug mit OneCoin: Weiteres Verfahren und Durchsuchungen", "International - Betrug in Millionenhhe", "RED NOTICE: Ruja Ignatova, dubbed 'the Cryptoqueen', is #wanted by Germany @bka for fraud and money laundering. McAdam started a Facebook support group for other defrauded victims of OneCoin. 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. OneCoin, Dr Ruja told the Wembley audience, was the "Bitcoin Killer". It is believed that more than a million investors from 175 countries were defrauded into investing in OneCoin. 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. Will she get her money back? The BBC asked the ministry whether its staff could be responsible for the leak, but it did not comment. One of the main OneCoin offices in Kampala is attached to a church. Police have warned that she has likely had plastic surgery to change her appearance, with hopes low that she would ever be caught. He clicks to see the company's filing history, but where you should see company accounts, there is nothing. 2023 BBC. In an ideal world, regulators would take action to protect consumers from scams like OneCoin. 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. "I can't discuss that. She left with a tremendous amount of cash, FBI spokesman Michael Driscoll added. In 2016, Ms. McAdam had been in bed due to a chronic illness and she was unable to work. In 2014, 34-year-old Ignatova and Sebastian Greenwood, an expert in multi-level marketing, launched a cryptocurrency called OneCoin. We also learned that Dr Ruja had a daughter in late 2016, and that she remained very close to her. "Acting on behalf of investors and creditors of OneCoin," Levy described it as one of the largest and most successful financial pyramids in history, seeking an investigation of misfeasance by the Bulgarian government for taking no steps to seize assets from OneCoin including real estate, bank accounts, and 230,000 Bitcoins.. Mr Schneider denies obtaining the documents, which he says were passed to him on a USB memory stick by Ms Ignatova. It told the BBC: "OneCoin verifiably fulfils all criteria of the definition of a crypto-currency." "I can only deduce that it came from the circles that she was in and the connections that she had through a variety of influential personalities.". That's illegal That is an anonymous shell company, as anonymous as anything that you can buy anywhere in the Seychelles or Nevis or the Marshall Islands or Vanuatu.". 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. Daniel translates, and his mother's reply comes back. What's he waiting for? Find out here. There were limitations as to how many OneCoins could be exchanged for any other currency per day. 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. "This is supposed to mean that you can no longer use a British company to hide behind," he says, as he scrolls down the page. It represents the dark side of rapid technological change - the way that every new technology creates amazing new opportunities and possibilities for people who understand it, but also the chance to exploit the people who don't. And literally my legs just went, and I fell on the floor,'" she says. Members could later exchange these educational packages, ranging from 100 euros to 118,000 euros, for OneCoins. Then he says I should check what yachts were bought in Athens around the time she arrived there from Sofia. Read about our approach to external linking. The force has provided assistance to foreign law enforcement partners in respect of their investigations concerning OneCoin personnel and will continue to do this. When we started planning the Missing Cryptoqueen podcast in late 2018, no-one really had a clue what happened to Dr Ruja after her disappearance. They'd read, with envy, the stories of people striking gold with Bitcoin and thought OneCoin was a second chance. Sitting at her computer, the Glaswegian clicked on a link and joined a OneCoin webinar. This is clearly a question for a professional, which is why Georgia and I went to see private investigator Alan McLean. Do you know what agencies go after them? And McAdam's leader prepared her carefully for conversations with OneCoin sceptics. OneCoins other co-founder, Sebastian Greenwood, also fled. And if sellers have invested their own money, they are victims too. This is also where Dr Ruja's husband - or perhaps ex-husband - lives and works. So it seems Ruja is still alive, and is able to visit a European capital without fearing arrest. It's no surprise, then, that OneCoin's corporate structure is incredibly complicated. Some feared she'd been killed or kidnapped by the banks, who - they'd been told - had most to fear from the cryptocurrency revolution. 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". Even the most obscure entry or innocuous comment on a forum is usually saved somewhere, and with enough digging can be found. 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/. And even then, the question remained, where had she gone next? The now 42-year-old is thought to hold both Russian and Ukrainian passports and use a fake ID. Now a hit podcast is stepping up the search for the international scam artist, writes Tanya Sweeney Jen McAdam has a fiery Skype call with cryptocurrency enthusiast Tim Curry. From Pakistan to Brazil, from Hong Kong to Norway, from Canada to Yemen even Palestine. Igor Alberts, the MLM kingpin, said he'd heard she has Russian and Ukrainian passports and travels back and forth between Russia and Dubai. "OK Jen they don't want to disclose that kind of information, just in case something goes wrong where the blockchain is being held. Ignatova started to refer to herself as the Cryptoqueen. Ruja Ignatova celebrating her birthday with her husband and OneCoin members. This was the secret of OneCoin's success. According to the Irish Daily Mail, filmmaker Scott Z. Burns, who is behind the production, described McAdam as the new Erin Brockovich. Between August 2014 and March 2017 more than 4bn was invested in dozens of countries. Realizing that an arrest warrant was imminent and fearing that she could spend the rest of her life behind bars, Ruja decided to flee. Where's the help? Files seen by the BBC from Europol meetings suggest the FBI-wanted fugitive knew about efforts to arrest her months before she vanished. Cryptocurrency as an idea was just entering the mainstream. "If you have your money and it's taken away from you, life becomes stressful," she says. She spotted that society's defence against OneCoin - the law-makers, the police, and also us in the media would struggle to understand what was happening. However, in October 2017, the scammer completely vanished as authorities circled and she hasnt been seen since. But besides loving books, he was also a master book thief. The OneCoin founder is now wanted by . Greenwood was arrested in 2018. "You can still use them to buy things, you can still use them to buy political influence and nice houses and yachts. They can easily kill me. Investors might not have understood the technology, but they could see her talking to huge audiences, or at the Economist conference. she replied, sharply. 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. How a con man duped struggling farmers into a pigeon breeding scheme that had fraud written all over it. "If they still thought we were a fraudulent company, then guess what, that warning's not removed. Greatly feared for his use of violence, Silas Jayne operated in the very dark underworld of the champion horse business. On 5 November 2019, the day after the final episode of The Missing Cryptoqueen podcast was released, Dr Ruja's brother, Konstantin Ignatov, appeared in court in New York, testifying for the government in a case against a lawyer accused of laundering $400m of the money OneCoin made in the US. She had been impressed by Ruja and the upward trend in the price of OneCoin without the fluctuations other cryptocurrencies usually have. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. They would always need someone in charge who could manipulate the supply, and forgery was too easy. Previously, the property belonged to a company called Abbots House Penthouse Limited, based in Guernsey, a well-known tax haven with very little government oversight. It added that the allegations made about it around the world were being challenged, stating: "Our partners, our customers and our lawyers are fighting successfully against this action around the globe and we are sure that the vision of a new system on the basis of a 'financial revolution' will be established. They are desperate to get their hands on the conwoman, offering a $100,000 reward for intel that ultimately leads to her arrest. Daniel took me and Georgia to meet Prudence, who first introduced him to OneCoin. Ruja Ignatova, or Dr. Ruja, was a prominent figure in the growing cryptocurrency market. Human error to blame for train crash - Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Following her studies, she became a consultant for McKinsey and Co. Here's an example: Ruja bought a very large property in central Sofia. Answer 1 of 6: Hello out there. The head office in Sofia, where she was such an imposing presence, didn't know anything either. He points out that he spent millions buying OneCoin, possibly more than anyone else. After that, she vanished and remains missing. The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which is responsible for regulating financial markets in the UK, issued a warning on its website only in September 2016. Human error to blame for train crash - Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. "We believe consumers should be wary of dealing with OneCoin," it said. The FBI added Dr. Ruja Ignatova, the so-called 'Cryptoqueen,' to its list of Ten Most Wanted fugitives. According to the report, Ignatova was murdered aboard a yacht in the Ionian Sea, and her body was dismembered and cast overboard. [18] In 2019, her brother Konstantin Ignatov pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering in connection with the scheme. But we were still surprised when, during our internet searches, Frankfurt started appearing over and over again. He introduced her to Bjorn Bjercke, the blockchain developer who said there was no blockchain. The power of the woman - well done! [23] This listing was reciprocated by Europol adding Ignatova to its 'most wanted' list; however, Deutsche Welle notes that the Europol listing was removed under unknown circumstances. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Founded and led by Dr Ruja Ignatova, a Bulgarian law PHD graduate and businesswoman, it grew quickly, often driven by hyperbolic public events. But when it comes to someone trying to find them - whether that's a journalist or a police officer - they are invisible.". And that friend was visiting the richest neighbourhood in Frankfurt in summer this year. And then in 2017, the ownership of Artefix was sold to an unknown man in his 20s. The 42-year-old Bulgarian-born woman is wanted for her alleged role in running a cryptocurrency scam known as OneCoin. You can listen to episodes here. We already knew that Dr Ruja spent some of her childhood in Schramberg, southern Germany. [27][28], Ignatova was married to the German lawyer Bjorn Strehl, with whom she had a daughter in 2016.[2][29]. A few weeks after our meeting Alan gets back in touch, with some amazing information. The self-styled crypto queen, however, is now wanted by law enforcement for her involvement in the OneCoin scheme. 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. She understood that truth and lies are getting harder to tell apart when there is so much contradictory information online. It meant Ignatova was kept out of public records and land registry deeds until now. Technically it was owned by a company called One Property. Dr. Ruja Ignatova was born in Sofia, Bulgaria on May 30, 1980. But when Daniel found out about OneCoin, it suddenly seemed like a much better alternative. A book about this case was written by British investigative reporter Jamie Bartlett and published in June 2022. The FBI did not comment on the Europol documents, but Special Agent Paul Roberts told the podcast: "There were investigations all around the world into her, and into OneCoin generally, many of which she had become aware of due to actions by law enforcement in other countries.". The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Dr Ruja Ignatova has been charged with wire fraud, security fraud and money laundering, by the US authorities By Jamie Bartlett Presenter, The Missing Cryptoqueen In June 2016, Dr Ruja. ", I ask him why not. July 1, 2022 By Jamie Barlett. 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. If it doesn't happen, life is hard.". They were shown photographs of her numerous degrees, and copies of Forbes magazine with her portrait on the front cover. "And in that sense it's cultic.". A change in the rules of Companies House the UK equivalent of ASIC forced Ignatova out of hiding, as she had to be named in full rather than just her shell company. She was dressed, as usual, in an expensive. She could hear the whoops and cheers of thousands of adoring fans in the background. "One Coin!" She is now on the FBIs list of the 10 most-wanted fugitives and is the only woman currently on the hit list. (And I, at the top, would be making a cut on all the sales. Prestige property seller Knight Frank advertised the property but swiftly took the listing down after it emerged that Ignatova had links to it. The Forbes cover isn't: it was actually an inside cover - a paid-for advertisement - from Forbes Bulgaria, but once the real cover was ripped off, it looked impressive. There were rumours of course - lots of 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. Read about our approach to external linking. And if you get in early, there's the chance to make a fortune. The company went bankrupt shortly after its acquisition. 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.". 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. Investors often told us that what drew them in initially was the fear that they would miss out on the next big thing. Georgia suggests we tell Daniel's mother that we are journalists, and that we are investigating OneCoin because a lot of people aren't getting their money. The FCA said it had been up for long enough, but OneCoin promoters presented this as proof that the UK authorities considered OneCoin a legitimate investment. This is a pyramid scheme, and it's very illegal. I pay 100 to start selling vitamin tablets directly to people. 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. The US lawyer prosecuting Ignatova, Damian Williams, released a damning statement last month where he said her crypto tokens were useless. ), 'Hun, this could be your opportunity to get rich'. Dr Ruja had vanished. At one, in July 2017, the American pop star Bebe Rexha performed a private set. From a tiny fragment of a poster advertising a tennis tournament, an expert identified the park in which one photograph was taken. They don't care! Ignatovas brother, Konstantin Ignatova, took over the operation after she fled. Men are drinking champagne from the bottle, everyone is eyeing us in a way that makes us feel very uncomfortable. 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. "What was her lifestyle? Less than a year later, the warning was removed from the website. They are now in what's called my downline. One Property was owned by another company called Risk Ltd. Risk Ltd was owned by Ruja, but was then transferred to some unnamed Panamanians, but it was still managed by another company called Peragon. I don't want those people I introduced into OneCoin to see me moving around. We will be there for a week and wanted to take various day trips as well as tour the actual city. It's as glitzy as you would expect. You've heard of Google, but there are several other search engines that specialise in this. 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.. But earlier this month, Ignatova reportedly came out of the woodwork to claim one of her properties. In 2020, it was announced that Jennifer McAdam will be portrayed by Kate Winslet in an upcoming Hollywood film about the OneCoin fraud. Europol said it was looking into the issue. "There's the answer, right from the horse's mouth, it's official," said one promoter from Alberta, Canada, in a video posted online. "I was thinking: 'What is my job going to be? "There was no other way," he says ruefully. DeSantis won't say he's running. By March 2017, more than 3.5 billion had been invested in the OneCoin system. The alleged motive for the murder was to conceal the drug lord's involvement in the OneCoin scam. The documents include details of US authorities having a "high-placed confidential informant", OneCoin bank accounts receiving investor funds, and unsuccessful efforts by the UK's City of London Police to interview Ms Ignatova. No wonder it spread like wildfire. Perhaps it would put him in an uncomfortable position. "You will find her," he said. (Her) lies were designed with one goal, to get everyday people all over the world to part with their hard-earned money.. She reportedly earned a PhD in private international law from the University of Constance and has a daughter who. Dr Ruja's genius was to recognise that established MLM sellers with huge downlines were the perfect vehicle to market her fake coin - a plan the FBI says she privately referred to as "the bitch of Wall Street, meets MLM". Today doors are locked. "I've never told her directly that it's not going to work - that there is no more money, there's no more hope," he tells me. It's not clear who Bjorn and Igor are talking about, or whether they are even talking about the same people, but the US Department of Justice claims to have evidence of a link between Dr Ruja's brother, Konstantin Ignatov - who took over the running of OneCoin when Ruja disappeared - and "significant players in Eastern European organised crime". If anyone asks Prudence when the investment is going to deliver the promised riches, she tells them to wait. They live in an enormous house in an affluent neighbourhood on the outskirts of Amsterdam. In August this year, the City of London police ended a two-year investigation into OneCoin. According to Bjercke, Dr Ruja never expected OneCoin to grow so big. (Source: Indias Magazine) The pair are blessed with one daughter. That was the last time anyone saw or heard from Dr Ruja. Up to 90 years for the Ponzi scheme. Dr Ruja was still travelling the world to sell her vision - hopping from Macau to Dubai to Singapore, filling out arenas, pulling in new investors. pic.twitter.com/Qv2nNE8Mwf. 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. People in villages trust people from the city, Prudence tells us. "And he said: 'Well, first of all, they need a blockchain. Black-and-gold shoes, black-and-gold pleated suit, black-and-gold shirt, black-and-gold sunglasses, and he has a thick black-and-gold ring on. The listing of a property in the heart of London has brought a notorious cryptocurrency fugitive who ran a $4 billion Ponzi scheme out of the woodwork. HubPages is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. There are videos of the minister, known as Bishop Fred, leading the congregation in call and response. Dr Ruja Ignatova offered a cryptocurrency of her own devising called OneCoin. But in Africa, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent, it was the other way round. While in Waltenhofen, we learned that she had a German husband, a lawyer for the well-known firm, Linklaters. Bjorn Bjercke is a blockchain expert and he was the first person who started speaking publicly against OneCoin. 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. Ruja Ignatova, the self-described "Cryptoqueen.". If it's true she was in these countries earlier this year, she probably has a fake identity. Some are divorced.". People involved at the early stages have told him it was never supposed to be a billion-dollar scam. "You've been planning, planning for something. "When you look at my clothes, they are disciplined," he says. "They're very easy to set up and they look legitimate.". She told people she had invented a cryptocurrency to rival Bitcoin, and persuaded them to invest billions. She studied at Oxford University and received a PhD in International Law from the University of Constance. "You're in at such an early stage and it's just going to go like Bitcoin. 5 Nr. According to OneCoin, its main business was selling educational material for cryptocurrency trading. Big companies like Amway and Herbalife use these techniques. So it's our blockchain technology, a SQL server with a database.". Amazingly, even after this, OneCoin continued to function - and people continued to invest in it. In October 2017, Ruja was scheduled to appear in a OneCoin promotional event in Lisbon, Portugal. 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. Any criticism or awkward questions were actively discouraged. Thousands of people were gathering in venues, all over the world, to see and hear her presentations. It was easy: you purchased OneCoin tokens, and these then generated coins, which went into your account. "So we need you to build a blockchain," he went on. In October 2022, a documentary called "CryptoqueenThe OneCoin Scam" debuted at Mipcom Cannes. It's thought to be a key anti-corruption tool. Documents leaked to the BBC say 4bn between August 2014 and March 2017. ", Some action at the OneCoin HQ at last. He was an Italian immigrant whose investment scam resulted in people losing tens of millions of dollars. "I felt responsibility. Then, two years ago, she disappeared. "We are very proud of this in this country," he says. Did we get close to her? The FCA did not respond to the BBC's request to comment. By contrast, Jen McAdam says she bears a heavy burden of guilt. Thanks for contacting us. The fact that OneCoin was operating internationally also created difficulties for the authorities. [2][7], Born in Ruse, Bulgaria, in 1980,[8] to a Romani family. OneCoin is no longer operational, with the token unusable and the website inactive. So much for following the money. I explain that this is probably beyond my abilities (apart from being illegal). And then went completely off radar. Before long, she had invested 10,000 of her own money - and persuaded friends and family to invest 250,000 of theirs. They have persuaded their friends and families to invest in OneCoin. Unlike Ignatova, however, he didnt stay free for very long. "I've been telling her it's changing. In November 2021, her stake would have peaked at nearly $15 billion, but it has now dropped, still more than enough to help her stay hidden.". We had also visited the town of Waltenhofen in Bavaria, not far away, where she and her father bought a steelworks around a decade ago, an episode that led to her being tried for fraud. Reluctantly, she agreed to a conversation on Skype. "The companies and individuals behind OneCoin are based outside UK jurisdiction," it said. But we need to keep going, we needed to find the house. 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. But when the day came, Dr Ruja - who was famously punctual - didn't show up. He claims he has made 100m over the last 30 years. "They still exist", he says, in his garden near the village of Hay-on-Wye. They, like almost everyone else involved, were convinced they were earning a fortune. In early October 2016 - four months after Dr Ruja's London appearance - a blockchain expert called Bjorn Bjercke was called by a recruitment agent, with a curious job offer. "Some of their kids are at home sitting without going to school - some don't have anywhere to sleep. She exploited the Cryptocurrency boom for a fortune and then disappeared without a trace . 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