Ian Sansom

Where is Ruja Ignatova, the self-styled cryptoqueen, hiding?

The evil genius behind OneCoin, who swindled trusting people out of billions, has been missing since 2017 and is now on Europol’s most wanted list

Ruja Ignatova [Getty Images] 
issue 02 July 2022

This is a depressing book. It’s a reminder of everything that is sick, broken and generally maledicted about the human condition. It’s also a book based on a podcast, which brings difficulties of its own.

To cut a very long story short, The Missing Cryptoqueen tells the true story of a Bulgarian crook named Ruja Ignatova, the self-styled cryptoqueen of the book’s title.

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