Ruja Ignatova went missing seven years ago following a warrant issued by US authorities for her arrest. The woman who called herself the “Crypto Queen” orchestrated a Ponzi scheme through OneCoin, which defrauded investors of $4.5 billion. A recent BBC investigation suggests that the crypto scammer who went missing may have been killed by a Bulgarian drug lord several years ago.

Ruja Ignatova went missing seven years ago following a warrant issued by US authorities for her arrest. The woman known as the “Crypto Queen” orchestrated the Ponzi scheme of OneCoin, which swindled $4.5 billion from investors. A BBC probe suggests that the alleged missing scammer may have been killed by a Bulgarian drug kingpin in the past. Also, a Chinese crypto trader lost $1 million from Binance due to a Chrome plugin exploit. It has been seven years since the Crypto Queen vanished. OneCoin, a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, was established in 2014 by Bulgarian individual Ruja Ignatova. The company boasted about its cryptocurrency and Blockchain model, claiming to be a competitor to Bitcoin. OneCoin turned out to be a classic Ponzi scheme that swindled $4.5 billion from investors globally. Following its downfall in 2017, authorities pursued legal action against the fraudulent operation and its leaders, including Ignatova. In October of that year, American officials issued an arrest warrant for the self-proclaimed Crypto Queen, who went missing to evade the law. Following her disappearance, Ignatova is suspected to be in hiding, especially since she was the only woman on the FBI’s top 10 most wanted list. Nevertheless, a recent BBC article revealed troubling details about the location of the Bulgarian criminal Amanatidis and his Interpol Red Notice.