Ruja Ignatova
Ruja Ignatova | |
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 Ignatova in 2015 | |
| Born | 30 May 1980 Ruse, Bulgaria |
| Disappeared | 25 October 2017 (aged 37) Athens, Greece[1] |
| Status | Missing for 6 years, 8 months and 7 days |
| Nationality | Bulgarian (formerly),[2] German |
| Known for | OneCoin Ponzi scheme |
| Criminal charge | Fraud |
| Penalty | 16 months' suspended imprisonment for a previous case. Up to 90 years for the Ponzi scheme |
Reward amount | $100,000 |
Ruja Ignatova (Bulgarian: Ружа Игнатова) (born 30 May 1980) is a Bulgarian-German convicted fraudster. She is best known as the founder of a Ponzi scheme known as OneCoin.[3][4][5]
Since 2017, Ignatova has been on the run from international law enforcement agencies. In early 2019, she was charged in absentia by U.S. authorities for wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering. She was added to the FBI Ten Most Wanted in June 2022.
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