How the Cryptoqueen Stole Billions | Investigators

Dr Ruja Ignatova (aka the ‘Crypto Queen’) and her company OneCoin set out to revolutionise the world of cryptocurrencies. But then she vanished in 2017, after pocketing billions of dollars from victims across the world.

So where did she go? Could she be in Dubai? Did she get a facelift and move to Brazil? Or could she be hiding in plain sight?

Technology writer and journalist Jamie Barlett investigates this crazy story of what could be the world’s wildest crypto scam.

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[Collinawaves]

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[Cloudnine]

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[lilyofthevalley]

A cryptocurrency that involves multilevel marketing? Who could’ve foreseen THAT being a scam?

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[TheJerbol]

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[forbesy]

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[AmsterdamEats]

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[jennstewart]

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[olorin]

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[chandramarinos]

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[longdatedoptionsleaps]

As soon as anyone says “multi LEVEL marketing” STAY AWAY!!!! 100% a scam

[phillipwong]

The irony of these ICO is, Crypto should be a decentralised monetary system, but at the same time victims trust a very centralised group or a person.

[gekko]

Looking at her face, I would never have thought about investing even 1$ in her venture

[LenaSchweizer-ffxy]

With markets tumbling, inflation soaring, the Fed imposing large interest-rate hike, while treasury yields are rising rapidly—which means more red ink for portfolios this quarter. How can I profit from the current volatile market, I'm still at a crossroads deciding if to liquidate my $125k bond/stocck portfolio

[marykay]

From Elizabeth Holmes to Sam to Trump to this woman, Forbes clearly plays a big role in giving public trust to absolute scammers

[ThomasConover]

I recognized onecoin and these people as a scam after watching about 30 seconds of their marketing video. I never imagined they would manage to fool so many victims. Unbelievable. 😑

[MarkoGregovic]

PLOT TWIST: the Crypto Queen disguised herself as the Vice journalist investigating the Crypto Queen.

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