US offers $5 million reward for Bulgarian ‘cryptoqueen’
AFP | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com
The United States announced yesterday a reward of up to $5 million for information that could lead to the arrest of fugitive Bulgarian-born “cryptoqueen” Ruja Ignatova.
The US ambassador to Bulgaria, Kenneth Merten, said Ignatova is wanted in the United States and Germany “for her participation in one of the largest global fraud schemes in history” which defrauded victims of more than $4 billion.
Ignatova, 44, evaded arrest by fleeing on a flight from Sofia to Athens two weeks after her indictment in October 2017 and her whereabouts remain unkown.
Ignatova, who has German citizenship, is accused of being the mastermind behind the mammoth fraudulent virtual currency scheme OneCoin.
In 2022, the Federal Bureau of Investigation placed her on its 10 most wanted list.
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