World’s Most Wanted Scammer That Nobody Can Find
there's no doubt that pretty much everyone wants to be a millionaire but unfortunately money can't be summoned out of thin air or can it in 2014 the unknown Dr ruja ignatova came out of nowhere with promises that everyone could make millions with a fabulous new invention of her very own creation Dr ruja may not be a household name but she subsequently reached a level of Fame and Fortune that most of us can only dream of that is until October 7th 2017. something happened that nobody could explain Dr ruja disappeared Without a Trace but what happened where did she go and why did all this land her on the FBI's most wanted list this is a story of Glamor greed and a Global scam worth 15 billion dollars so grab your detective hats as we follow the trail to investigate the World's Most Wanted scammer that nobody could find [Music] crypto cash in before we get to rouge's story we need a little understanding of the thing that made her rich The Wacky World of cryptocurrency by now everyone has heard of Bitcoin but you may not know how it all started not long after the global financial crisis of 2008 the term Bitcoin was used for the first time on an online Forum by a mysterious user under the name of Satoshi Nakamoto satoshi's view was that Banks had too much power and he'd come up with a solution a new currency system that wasn't controlled by governments made legitimate by the use of blockchain technology which we'll discuss more later Nakamoto began building the coding framework of his cryptocurrency and the rest as they say is history Bitcoin Remains the largest cryptocurrency in the world as of 2022 though intriguingly the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto which is thought to be a pseudonym as well as the other coders behind the creation of Bitcoin remain largely unknown but that's a story for another day soon after the introduction of Bitcoin other cryptocurrencies began to emerge from the woodwork in 2014 another one blasted onto the scene a cryptocurrency known as onecoin created by Dr ruja ignatova ruja declared that the crypto Revolution was coming faster than ever and if people didn't get on board they'd get left behind one coin she claimed was headed for the number one spot it was not hard to be impressed by ruja and her achievements spoke for themselves born in the Bulgarian city of ruse on May 30th 1980. ruja was the ultimate high-flying achiever an Oxford University graduate who spoke several different languages Dr ruja earned a PhD in law and spent time working for the globally renowned management consulting company McKinsey and Co with all of that under her belt coupled with a sparkling personality rouge's claims that onecoin was going to be the Bitcoin killer were lapped up by investors the world over but little did they know things were far from how they appeared one coin Wonder so what exactly was one coin and how did it work well it wasn't quite as straightforward as simply buying pieces of the cryptocurrency instead rouge's concept encouraged investors to purchase educational membership packages that claimed to teach Financial Freedom as well as Financial educational resources these packages contained virtual tokens that could be used to redeem one coins which could be traded for euros with other onecoin investors on a specially designed exchange platform the cost of these packages ranged from 100 to hundreds of thousands of dollars meaning people from all economic backgrounds could invest in one coin and set themselves up for life because cryptocurrencies are quite technical a lot of people are put off from investing but Dr ruja's genius was to take all of the complicated jargon around cryptocurrency and make it accessible to the masses similarly like Bitcoin ruja promoted one coin on the back of the economic meltdown of 2008.
blaming Banks and the government for the world's Financial woes playing on people's emotions to Garner interest in this new alternative opening in 2014 in its first month one coin had 3 000 paying members and by the end of December 2014 that number had reached thirty thousand by 2016 onecoin had grown larger than anyone could have imagined with more than 2 million members in the one life Network by 2016 ruja claimed that a single one coin was worth seven dollars and 56 cents so let's see just how much she was claiming investors could make if they sold the coins accumulated by purchasing the educational packages the main educational package ruja was pushing in 2016 was called the ultimate package which came with one million three hundred eleven thousand one hundred and eleven one coin tokens for the price of one hundred thirty thousand six hundred dollars this meant that plowing one hundred thirty thousand six hundred dollars into one coin could result in high tier investors making nine million nine hundred eleven thousand nine hundred ninety nine dollars after their one coins had been converted and eventually sold that's a profit of more than seven thousand four hundred percent this was part of the appeal of getting in early before the coins became mainstream once everyone knew about onecoin the demand and value would only increase as the years rolled on ruja gained an almost cult-like status among her members while onecoin became more and more valuable by 2019 a single onecoin was supposedly worth 28.81 cents members became addicted to watching the one coin they'd purchased going up and up in value but it soon become apparent that something about all of this wasn't adding up ruja Rising as the coins rolled in ruja was reveling in her Newfound wealth and fittingly everything about onecoin screamed access the company hosted webinars public speeches and epic stage events topped off with over-the-top pyrotechnics shooting into the sky thanks to these show-stopping events it wasn't long before Dr ruja became known as the crypto Queen and people all over the world were in awe of her this success led to big bucks for ruja and with billions reportedly in the bank the crypto Queens splurged on all the big ticket items enjoyed by the Rich and Famous Rouge decked herself out in designer ball gowns and expensive jewelry which she wore for every occasion glamorous events became synonymous with the onecoin brand and ruja was always front and center the face of this new Financial Revolution in May 2016 she hosted her 36th birthday party at the famous Victoria and Albert Museum in London where the guest list included not only onecoin's top buyers and execs but also the likes of Superstar singer sir Tom Jones truth be told with the level of success and wealth ruja was enjoying every day must have felt like her birthday when away from all the partying ruja could be found relaxing in her very own 15 million dollar Penthouse in London's lavish borough of Kensington inside was a collection of artwork amounting to six hundred thousand dollars as well as the staple of any celebrity home a pool at the height of her success the concierge of the apartment complex ruja called home said he remembered seeing her returning from a shopping trip with her two bodyguards carrying at least 20 bags packed with designer label Goods and it seemed that ruja's wardrobe wasn't the only thing constantly getting made over it's hard not to notice the difference in her facial appearance from before she started onecoin to the height of its success and it's likely that a bit of cosmetic surgery had been added to the bill the cherry on the cake of rouge's wealth was her 145 foot 7.5 million dollar super yacht as well as her 2.1 million
dollar Coastal mansion in Bulgaria this specially built Mega Mansion was yet another stage for many large parties one of which saw ruja and her guests enjoying a special performance from pop star BB rexa it was clear ruja was reveling in her new role as the ultimate Bell of the ball and while she certainly played the part of beauty well in her fairy tale ball gowns there were warning signs of a beast hidden Within foreign multi-level lows onecoin's success was all tied to Hype generating perceived value and ruja had recruited some of the best and most convincing hypeman around to help her sell the one life dream these expert sellers had zero experience in cryptocurrencies but were maxed out with experience in selling dreams and that's because many of onecoin's top employees were recruited for their experience among the world's highest earning multi-level Market sellers onecoin utilized multi-level marketing or MLM a business model that involves unsalaried sales teams that sell products directly to Consumers usually purchasing their inventories with their own money as well as recruiting those consumers to become sellers themselves this chain of recruited sellers is known as a downline new sellers enter at the bottom of the chain with the person who recruited them above and the person who recruited them above and so on when a seller at the bottom of the downline makes a sale each person above them also earns a portion of the income and the person at the very top makes a cut on everything in this case ruja MLM is considered controversial because usually only a tiny number of people at the top make almost all the money but they're not illegal aside from a handful of countries including China and Saudi Arabia however when a business has nothing of actual value to sell and all the money is made by recruiting other people it is illegal in most places and is known by another name not multi-level marketing but a pyramid scheme one coin attempted to evade being branded as a pyramid scheme through the marketing of online education programs we talked about earlier but here's the kicker legal proceedings would later reveal that the content of these educational packages consisted of plagiarized work from other sources and onecoin was claiming ownership of them illegally which of course meant with onecoin's only source of legitimate money being people recruiting other people to join the one life Network it was indeed an illegal pyramid scheme just waiting to be exposed with investors effectively earning nothing as they patiently waited for the coin's value to increase before they'd be happy to sell only those at the top were making any serious dough and right at the peak of the pyramid pulling all the strings was the crypto Puppet Master herself Dr ruja crimes against crypto at its peak onecoin was earning well over 2.5 billion dollars in annual profits and had over 3 million investors who had been taken in by ruja's many promises once they were locked in as sellers they felt compelled to influence friends and the family to join too and despite this rapid growth alarm Bells had been ringing as early as September 2015. when Bulgaria's Financial supervision commission issued a public warning about the risk of investing in new cryptocurrencies they warned that one coin had not been regulated by European legislations on Capital markets and if rouge's company were to fall into bankruptcy investors would not be owed any compensation for their lost Investments despite a small number of media reports beginning to arouse suspicion around onecoin in May 2015 ruja shared the exciting news that she had been featured on the cover of Forbes Magazine the ultimate crowning achievement in the world of business according to onecoin's Facebook page their beloved founder had been interviewed in the prestigious magazines May issue but this was all completely untrue the supposed cover was actually an advertisement that onecoin had paid to have made and was actually only featured on the inside cover of Forbes Bulgaria edition of the magazine pretty sneaky right it was shared on onecoin's social media conveniently without those little caveats to mislead people into thinking that ruja was more of a highly regarded Global name in business than she actually was onecoin was already becoming known for its Relentless over-the-top marketing and convinced its followers that any negativity came from haters and those who were jealous of ruja's business prowess I don't know about you but this US versus them mentality as well as this hand symbol one coin members were encouraged to use to greet each other as me thinking one thing did someone say cult breaking the blockchain now aside from the pyramid scheme structure of the onecoin company there was an even bigger glaring issue that It ultimately Spell absolute disaster for investors the coin itself cryptocurrency is like Bitcoin work because of a highly sophisticated Software System called a blockchain which operates as a shared record of every transaction made with a specific cryptocurrency this allows all the digital information about a cryptocurrency's transactions to be recorded and distributed without fakery the fact that blockchain technology doesn't allow information to be edited is a big reason for people's widespread interest in cryptocurrencies because no corrupt Banks or higher authorities can alter or pack the system seeing as cryptocurrencies need blockchains to operate on a legitimate basis ruja soon began receiving a lot of questions from both her adoring followers and suspicious critics about onecoin's blockchain technology but there's a Twist in the tale of onecoin that would change everything hold on to your pants folks because things are about to get wild unbeknownst to ruja's followers was one small yet hugely significant fact onecoin didn't use a blockchain at all the cryptocurrency ruja had created was completely fake because ruja had roped in ordinary people who knew nothing about cryptocurrency it was all too easy for her to convince them that onecoin's blockchain was far too complicated for even crypto experts to understand but the reality was that onecoin was using a regular database to manage their cryptocurrency which could be manipulated and edited on a whim ruja could simply pluck a number out of thin air log it into the database and claim that a sale had been made more that one coin had gone up in value she could even and did create more one coins at the drop of a hat which is generally a no-go with cryptos given that it can seriously mess with their value but of course much of her consumer Network were fairly ill-informed on this matter so rather than suspicious they were simply Overjoyed when in June 2016 ruja promised a crowd at London's Wembley Arena that she was magically doubling their coins as a thank you for their support little did they know it wouldn't be long before joy and excitement turns to Devastation and outrage ruja retreat it was clear that ruja had an enormous number of people Hook Line and Sinker for her crypto coins man the crypto Queen could make them believe pretty much anything she wanted so on March 1st 2016 when onecoin abruptly announced that their digital exchange Marketplace known as X coin X would be halted for two weeks for maintenance very few investors batted an eye while X coin X did reopen two weeks later as promised there didn't seem to be any desirable modifications save for one the interface had canceled countless users pending transactions and odd occurrence but not completely unacceptable and things were soon running as usual but it was a taste of what eventually came in January 2017 when onecoin suddenly closed down the X coin X exchange again without notice this time however was permanent The Exchange would never reopen meaning investors could not cash out for their coins the company asked investors to sit tight claiming they would be able to cash in their coins as soon as the company went public on the stock exchange a few months down the line they suggested that in the meantime members could trade their coins for certificates entitling them to those shares once they became available trading tokens for tokens for tokens yeah seems legit right however despite the cult-like Loyalty of the member Network as weeks turned into months the signs that onecoin wasn't legit quickly became overwhelming countries started issuing bans fines and even arrest warrants for onecoin officials slowly but surely many within the one life Network were finally beginning to realize they've been scammed and their invested money was lost forever in October 2017 Dr ruja was scheduled to deliver one of her magnificent speeches at yet another onecoin convention in Lisbon Portugal but as the time for her stage appearance grew closer there was no sign of the beloved one coin leader ruja had been known to cancel meetings on the spot if attendees were a mere minute late so it seemed impossible that she wouldn't show up at her own event concern among her followers was growing and as the event date came and went it was declared that ruja had gone missing just a year earlier she had been living the High Life addressing a crowd of 90 000 people at London's Wembley Stadium now she was gone craziest of all on October 12th the United States District Court issued a warrant for the arrest of Dr ruja ignatova the crypto Queens promises about onecoin had become one big con and she'd fled with presumably a boatload of cash accumulated over the previous years but the authorities were hot on her tail despite being on the missing persons list she was charged in her absence with five damning crimes conspiracy to commit wire fraud committing wire fraud conspiracy to commit money laundering conspiracy to commit Securities fraud and committing Securities fraud it's likely no coincidence that ruja's disappearance coincided with her newly wanted status some theorize she caught wind of the fact she was about to become a wanted woman so made a swift exit from public life ruja's last confirmed movements show records of her boarding Orion Air flight from Sofia Bulgaria bounds to Athens Greece on October 25th 2017. over two weeks after she failed to show up at the onecoin convention in Lisbon once the coveted crypto Queen ruja had turned out in fact to be the ultimate scam Queen with a special talent for disappearing Into Thin Air cash drop it's unclear exactly how much money total people poured into the one coin scam but various sources claim it could be between 4 and 15 billion dollars remaining one coiners weren't ready to let the dream die though despite rouge's disappearance some chalked up her Vanishing to a kidnapping or the work of malicious haters of the onecoin operation so with a notable number of cult-like followers still on board onecoin was able to remain very much in operation I'm seeing as it was ruja's Persona that had been behind onecoin's success it seemed only natural to keep things in the family and it was time to welcome a new crypto Prince ruja's very own brother Constantine ignatova had been working behind the scenes at onecoin from the start and like ruja it was very preoccupied with his image The Glitz and glamor of his sister's one coin Legacy found its way into his regime and in 2019 Constantine announced one coin's most bizarre event yet the miss one life beauty pageant would see 30 contestants from 30 countries come together in honor of the missing one coin leader the pageant itself is what can only be described as the most outdated crass beauty pageant you can imagine with the winning prize consisting of a twenty thousand dollar voucher for plastic surgery procedures or that same amount in one coin classy there's no doubt that the idea of a cryptocurrency company holding a beauty pageant is very peculiar but some believe the miss one life event was an elaborate cover for a meeting between the top conspirators at onecoin including the missing ruja in Disguise ironically some including the FBI even believe ruja had undergone further plastic surgery since her disappearance to make her undetectable making the contests grand prize all the more fitting as his plans to re-establish onecoin continued Constantine organized a promotional event in Las Vegas but on March 6 2019 18 months after taking the Helm of onecoin Constantine was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on his way back to Bulgaria he was charged with alleged wire fraud and his role as the leader of the onecoin pyramid scheme this all happened a few weeks before the miss one life pageant casting that event in an even more bizarre light given that both leaders were now officially charged by the FBI in exchange for a plea deal Constantine agreed to testify against his missing sister and admitted that one coin really had been nothing but one big con he confirmed that Dr ruja had Charmed the masses only to flee when things got hairy but where in the world did ruja the master scammer flee to foreign the missing crypto Queen while the law caught up with Constantine ruja remains missing today and the theories about her whereabouts continue to roll in thick and fast some remaining faithful one-coiners believe the brilliant ruja has been forced into hiding by governments and Banks who are fearful of the financial Revolution she was trying to start some question if she's even still alive while Skeptics assume she's off somewhere basking in all her stolen moolah either way the 15 billion dollar Hunt is definitely still on once the Glamorous crypto Queen Dr ruja ignatova had become the most Wanted woman in the world she became the 11th woman to ever appear on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted fugitive list and information leading to her arrest could fetch informants up to one hundred thousand dollars while the question of where ruja is remains unanswered there are plenty of theories as to how she's staying hidden we've already heard the theory that she may have surgically altered her face for anonymity but when it comes to where she's hiding the world is her cryptocurrency coated oyster ruja has connections all over the world from her home country of Bulgaria to Germany to Dubai where she is rumored to have once received 50 million dollars worth of bitcoin from a member of an emirati royal family but rather than one single location some believe that ruja is now living her life on the high seas journalists and investigators have suggested ruja may be living out her days on a luxury yacht in international waters where no police force has the power to arrest her but that's just one Theory with very little evidence to support it so will the crypto Queen ever be found well while ruja's super rich friends may be helping to conceal her there are likely a whole lot of other people in her Entourage that have a part to play the one hundred thousand dollars on offer for information clearly isn't aimed at the super rich but it might be enough to attempt to cook or yacht crewmate to finally blow her cover until then however the location of the World's Most Wanted scam Queen remains a true mystery so if you find yourself on the high seas or at a party at a luxury mansion and a woman approaches you asking you to invest in her brand new cryptocurrency that's going to change the way world you have a choice you could either say yes and risk losing everything or you could turn her in and bag a tidy hundred thousand dollars I'll leave that choice up to you how long do you think it'll be until Rouge is caught and where do you think she could be hiding leave your comments below and I'll be sure to like the best ones thanks for watching [Music] thank you
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