Onecoin's Ruja Ignatova has been added to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.
FBI Special Agent: ‘We Want to Bring Her to Justice’
The following month, on June 30, 2022, the FBI added the Cryptoqueen to the U.S.-based Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. The list introduced in March 1950 was created to promote the capture of America’s criminal masterminds. Over the last 72 years, Ignatova joins the list as the 11th woman to be selected by the FBI.
“Onecoin claimed to have a private blockchain,” FBI special agent Ronald Shimko explained in a statement on Thursday. “This is in contrast to other virtual currencies, which have a decentralized and public blockchain. In this case, investors were just asked to trust Onecoin.” Shimko added that he hopes Ignatova’s name on the list will bring more attention to the case in order to bolster the Cryptoqueen’s arrest.
Investigators say before the Cryptoqueen fled, she had black hair and brown eyes, but the FBI believes “she could have altered her physical appearance.” The domestic intelligence and security service says Ignatova speaks fluent Bulgarian, German, and English. “She may be traveling on a fraudulent passport and has known connections to Bulgaria, Germany, Russia, Greece, and the United Arab Emirates,” the FBI’s press release further details. The FBI is asking tipsters to reach out to any local FBI office or the nearest American Embassy to provide information about the Cryptoqueen’s whereabouts.
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