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Missing ‘crypto queen’ Ruja Ignatova found alive after vanishing 5 years ago
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. 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”. They started pitching it to potential investors in 2014, promising between a fivefold and tenfold return, and referred to their investors as “idiots” and “crazy”. However, in October 2017, the scammer completely vanished as authorities circled and she hasn’t been ... (full story)