Ruja Ignatova burst on the world stage in September 2014, and disappeared in October 2017, loaded with $500 million. She also left behind the world’s biggest crypto scam, the €4 billion ($4.3 billion) OneCoin swindle. This earned her another dubious distinction: she’s the only woman on FBI’s most-wanted list.
Watch: The story of how the world's most-wanted woman ran the biggest crypto scam.
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How a ‘crypto queen’ swindled $4 billion
Abhilash Gaur | Timesofindia.com
Ruja Ignatova burst on the world stage in September 2014, and disappeared in October 2017, loaded with $500 million. She also left behind the world’s biggest crypto scam, the €4 billion ($4.3 billion) OneCoin swindle. This earned her another dubious distinction: she’s the only woman on FBI’s most-wanted list.
Watch: The story of how the world's most-wanted woman ran the biggest crypto scam.
TOI+ video story: How a ‘crypto queen’ swindled $ 4 billion
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