Missing Crypto Queen Ruja Ignatova May Have Been Murdered, BBC Report Says

Crypto
Queen Ruja
Ignatova,
the
founder
of
the
infamous


OneCoin

scam
who
has
been
missing
and
presumed
dead
for
several
years,
may
have
been
murdered,
according
to
a
June
3


report
by
the
BBC.

During
its
investigation,
the
BBC
uncovered
that
Ignatova
had
close
ties
with
a
major
Bulgarian
crime
figure
by
the
name
of
Hristoforos
Nikos
Amanatidis,
who
is
also
known
as
Taki.
This
individual,
according
to
former
IRS
investigator
Richard
Reinhardt,
was
responsible
for
Ignatova’s
security. 

Taki
Suspected
Of
Ordering
Ruja
Ignatova
Murder

Taki
is
suspected
of
ordering
the
execution
of
Ignatovo
in
late
2018,
a
report
sent
to
Bulgarian
journalist
Dimitar
Stoyanov
in
2022
suggests,
the
BBC
reported.
The
OneCoin
founder’s
body
was
then
reportedly
dismembered
and
dumped
in
the
Ionian
Sea.

Leaked
Europol
documents
seen
by
the
BBC
showed
that
Bulgarian
police
had
already
connected
Taki
to
Ignatova
prior
to
the
scammer’s
disappearance.
Taki
is
also
suspected
of
using
OneCoin’s
network
to
launder
proceeds
from
his
drug
trafficking
operation.

The
missing Cryptoqueen
Ruja
Ignatova
remains
the
world’s
most
wanted
woman
and
the
FBI
is
still
looking
for
her
 
Only
her
arrest
or
proof
of
her
death
will
solve
the
mystery
of
what
happened
to
her
 
No
body
has
ever
been
found
 #BBCEye

#BBCPanorama
 https://t.co/aWCl7dobof

—
BBC
Panorama
(@BBCPanorama)

June
3,
2024

Despite
the
allegations,
a
body
has
not
yet
been
found.
Taki
hasn’t
been
arrested
yet
either.
Meanwhile,
Ignatova
is
still
listed
on
the
FBI’s
Most
Wanted
Listed
due
to
lack
of
concrete
evidence
that
she
is
no
longer
alive.

Crime
Boss
Allegedly
Wanted
To
Break
His
Links
To
The
Crypto
Scam

A
former
spy
and
adviser
to
Ignatova,
Frank
Schneider,
believes
that
she
was
indeed
murdered.
His
belief
is
based
on
the
idea
that
Taki
wanted
to
sever
his
links
to
the


OneCoin

scam.

“Certain
people
had
to
be
removed
because
they
knew
too
much
about
Taki,”
Schneider
told
the
BBC
in
an
interview
at
his
home
in
France
while
awaiting
extradition
to
the
US
in
connection
to
OneCoin. 

“It
was
kind
of
a
public
execution
that
looked
more
like
a
statement,”
he
added.

Although
the
BBC
has
not
been
able
to
verify
Schneider’s
claims,
the
former
spy
has
not
been
seen
since
the
interview.

What’s
more,
the
journalist
who
received
the
report
that
Taki
ordered
the
murder
of
Ignatova
said
that
he
and
his
colleagues
have
faced
death
threats
since
they
published
what
was
in
the
document.

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