The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is following the whereabouts of Luja Ignatova, the founder of one coin, a crypto asset (virtual currency) company.
The FBI announced on June 30 that the suspect, known as the “Crypto Queen,” was the mastermind behind one of the largest MLM cases in history with a one-coin background.Added to the list of 10 most wanted criminals.
Ignatova claimed that OneCoin was backed by a blockchain (distributed digital ledger), but FBI New York branch chief Michael Driscol said no such blockchain existed.
Damian Williams, a criminal at the Federal District Public Prosecutor’s Office in Southern New York, said, “The suspect, who allegedly studied law at Oxford University and worked at McKinsey, has a good career, but is now the worst 10 with cartel chiefs, kidnappers and murderers. I became one of the people, “he said at a press conference on the same day.
U.S. officials released a complaint in 2019 alleging that Ignatova was involved in communications fraud, money laundering collusion, and securities fraud. It is said that it will provide a reward of 100,000 dollars (about 13.5 million yen) for information leading to arrest. The BBC broadcast produced a podcast program called “The Disappearing Crypto Queen.”
According to the prosecution, OneCoin posted sales of 3.4 billion euros (about 480 billion yen) from October-December 2014 to July-September 2016, but there is no substance, and 300 around the world by soliciting the purchase of one-coin packages. It was operated as a MLM network that paid fees to over 10,000 members.
According to Doriskol, Ignatova, a German national who lived in Bulgaria, founded Onecoin in 2014. He gathered a large audience around the world to give a lecture, urged individual investors to participate in the “financial revolution”, and said that Onecoin would “change the lives of people without bank accounts”, but “in the early days of cryptocurrencies”. I just took advantage of enthusiastic speculation, “said Williams.
According to Doriskol, Ignatova, who felt that he was being watched by U.S. officials, left the country on a passenger plane bound for Greece, and his whereabouts are unknown. The suspects related to Russia and Greece are believed to have traveled to Eastern Europe and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Original title:‘Cryptoqueen’ Ignatova to Be Added to FBI’s Most-Wanted List (2) （抜粋）
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