FBI Adds Bulgarian ‘Cryptoqueen’ To Top 10 Most Wanted

July 01 2022

USA

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has added a Bulgarian lawyer accused of running a cryptocurrency-based pyramid scheme to its list of top 10 most wanted fugitives, reports ABC News.

Europol added Ruja Ignatova, also known as the “cryptoqueen,” to its most-wanted list earlier this year. She is accused of defrauding investors of over US$4 billion through her OneCoin cryptocurrency company she helped found in 2014.

The scheme relied on convincing investors that OneCoin was a...

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