FBI And Europol Buron, Crypto Queen Ruja Ignatova Diringkus In London

Ruja Ignatova the Crypto Queen has been arrested in London. (Photo; Doc. Liukin)

JAKARTA The FBI's most wanted figure, Ruja Ignatova alias Crypto Queen, the oneCoin cryptocurrency fraudster has been arrested by the authorities in London. The German-blooded woman Bulgaria has listed her name in the largest fraud in the history of crypto.

Ignatova launched her action in 2014. After making a presentation in front of potential investors, he offered a profit ranging from 5 to 10 times in OneCoin's initial investment. After getting investors' money, the Crypto Queen disappeared in 2017. Since then, he has never been seen again. The FBI and Europol listed their names on the most wanted wanted wanted wanted wanted wanted list.

According to Europol, Ignatova's whereabouts are not known since October 25, 2017. Allegedly, this happened after he learned that the US government had started investigating. Some time later he disappeared, leaving his brother Konstantin Ignatov (who was arrested in 2019) responsible for the project.

In addition, Europol said that the losses caused by OneCoin worldwide amounted to billions of dollars. Europol added that Ignatova and her colleagues have the potential to be armed and anyone who wants to collaborate with the authorities must be careful.

After years of not being found, Igantova is rumored to have carried out plastic surgery to trick many people including the authorities. The FBI offered a reward of 100,000 US dollars to anyone who could provide information regarding Ruja Ignatova. Europol also offers 5,000 euros to the public knowing of its whereabouts.

The emergence of Ignatova

An apartment in Kensington, London, England, was sold for 15.5 million US dollars. The price suddenly dropped to 13.6 million US dollars. A woman takes care of the apartment ownership claim.

Previously, he had bought it using a company name. The new rules are in place, that the name of the individual owner must be disclosed immediately. At that time, Ignatova came to the fore.

The property previously owned by a company called Abbot's House Penthouse Limited, located in Guernsey's tax haven, has now come to the attention of the government and the public. Ignatova, who is known to have business ties at Guernsey, is currently not listed in public records and land registration certificates.

After its relationship with the house was revealed, prestigious real estate company Knight Frank withdrew the list of homes. Ignatova was charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, engage in money laundering, and conspiracy to commit securities fraud by the United States Department of Prosecution.

Ignatova is included in the list of the most wanted people by the FBI, first published in 1950 and contains 529 people. Ruja Ignatova alias Crypto Queen, the most wanted figure in the US and Europe has been arrested by the authorities in London. This ends speculation regarding the German-blooded Queen Crypto.