Tagged: ruja ignatova

July 2, 2022 @ 7:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ruja Ignatova, founder of OneCoin and sometimes referenced as the Cryptoqueen, is in the news again – this time for joining a very exclusive club – the FBI’s Most Wanted List. Ignatova is accused of having defrauded investors out of $4 billion via her company… Read More

May 3, 2020 @ 11:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Judge Valerie Caproni has lifted the stay on a lawsuit filed against OneCoin, one of the largest cryptocurrency Ponzi schemes. An order recently signed by the New York District judge requires all concerned parties to provide a schedule, which will request the defendants to submit… Read More

April 12, 2020 @ 6:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In February 2018, US prosecutors had indicted Karl Sebastian Greenwood, who allegedly promoted the fraudulent OneCoin digital currency scheme. OneCoin was one of the largest cryptocurrency pyramid schemes. As noted in a recently unsealed complaint, Greenwood was charged with committing wire fraud, securities fraud and… Read More

September 21, 2019 @ 12:01 pm By Cali Haan  |  

BBC Sounds has started airing a series of audio documentaries about the disappearance of Dr. Ruja Ignatova, the “CryptoQueen” co-founder of OneCoin, a multibillion-dollar global cryptocurrency scheme that may have defrauded up to 3 million people. In the series, journalist Jamie Bartlett documents his on the… Read More

May 11, 2019 @ 5:46 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Lawyers at the Silver Miller law firm have filed a class action suit against founders and pervaders of OneCoin, an alleged global cryptocurrency pyramid scheme that bilked investors out of an estimated $4 billion dollars. Ruja Ignatova, Konstantin Ignatov, Sebastian Greenwood and Mark Scott are… Read More

April 11, 2019 @ 3:14 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Two unnamed individuals were charged with fraud April 10th for their involvement with OneCoin, a multibillion-dollar global cryptocurrency pyramid scheme of  started by a brother and sister team in Bulgaria. Business Times reports that an investigation by the Singapore Commercial Affairs Department and the Singapore Police… Read More

March 11, 2019 @ 6:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

On Friday, the Manhattan U.S. Attorney, part of the Department of Justice, issued a statement regarding ongoing Ponzi scam OneCoin stating that alleged perpetrator Konstantin Ignatov had been arrested at the Los Angeles airport. Ignatov was hit with charges of wire fraud conspiracy regarding the… Read More