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OneCoin: The $4 Billion Crypto Scam That Fooled 3 Million People
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In 2014, a Bulgarian-German entrepreneur with a PhD in law launched a cryptocurrency she called OneCoin. Three million people across 175 countries bought in. It was never real. By October 2017 she had vanished — and today she remains on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. This is the story of Ruja Ignatova, the "Cryptoqueen," and the alleged $4 billion fraud behind her empire.
Watch the full documentary: https://youtu.be/Mn9bWBZqSBY
The Missing Cryptoqueen by Jamie Bartlett: https://amzn.to/4fVT7gF
Sources: U.S. DOJ / SDNY court filings, the FBI, and reporting by Reuters, the Financial Times, and the BBC.
A documentary by Exposed Empire. This episode uses an AI-generated voice. Ruja Ignatova has been charged but not convicted; all persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court. Exposed Empire is editorially independent - no subject has paid, contributed to, or pre-approved content. Research AI-assisted; all facts verified against primary sources.
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