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title: "Who is Cryptoqueen? one of the FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives, OR OneCoin owner"  
description: "a female who called herself a 'Cryptoqueen disappeared after scamming the cryptocurrency world. let's find out everything related to the lady."  
author: "Sanjay Goenka"  
published: 2022-07-05  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/1719/who-is-cryptoqueen-one-of-the-fbi-s-10-most-wanted-fugitives-or-onecoin-owner  
category: "cryptocurrency"  
tags: ["cryptocurrency exchange platform", "cryptocurrency"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Who is Cryptoqueen? one of the FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives, OR OneCoin owner

Dr Ruja Ignatova ‘**Cryptoqueen**’ is lost. She called herself an [inventory](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/330314/5-inventory-management-techniques-to-boost-efficiency) of new [cryptocurrency](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1497/indian-government-has-no-plans-to-introduce-a-cryptocurrency-government-to-rajya-sabha) that can rival Bitcoin. In June 2016 attracted crypto fans and persuaded them to invest billions in her Crypto Coin.

##### Highlights

```
She scammed the Crypto investors worth Billions
Ruja Ignatova claimed to make a Bitcoin killer in the crypto world
Her brother admits the role in the OneCoin fraud
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**Dr. Ruja Ignatova** is also known as the ‘**Cryptoqueen**’ and she disappeared in 2017 after her cryptocurrency attain a certain height in the market. During that time OneCoin was attracting billionaire investors of the crypto world.

The Oxford-educated entrepreneur turned into the most successful criminal in history just in a few years. The [news](https://www.mindstick.com/developersection/news) about her was first released in 2021 in a leaked document from Dubai’s courts which was posted online by a lawyer.

Dr. Jonathan Levy, a Lawyer posted the files for the first time and he also commented “You have got [hundreds of millions](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/116223/apple-s-upgrade-decision-hundreds-of-millions-of-iphones-affected) of dollars at stake here,” after looking at a [compensation](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/343/son-martyr-in-2000-still-waiting-for-the-compensation) claim for a **OneCoin** victim.

Most of the investors were from Dubai and most of the [transactions](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/864/explain-acid-rule-of-thumb-for-transactions) were related to Dubai and related areas. The journey of Dr. Ruja was itself stealthy and still, no one knows the crucial important facts about the so-called crypto queen.

As per the Crypto author **David Birch** “[getting rid](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/109828/how-to-clean-a-mechanical-keyboard-without-getting-rid-of-keycaps) of a few billion dollars’ worths is much harder than you think,” he also told that nowadays agencies are using some clever ways to find the coin.

If still, Dr. Ruja has **230,000 bitcoins**. She would be one of the currency’s largest holders. Again in November 2021, her stake reached **$15bn**, and at the time of writing it has dropped to around **$5bn**, this amount will be enough for her to stay hidden.

Also Read: [Ukraine Now Launched a Website to Accept Cryptocurrency Donations.](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1496/ukraine-now-launched-a-website-to-accept-cryptocurrency-donations)

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