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Dr Ruja Ignatova (aka the ‘Crypto Queen’) and her company OneCoin set out to revolutionise the world of cryptocurrencies. But then she vanished in 2017, after pocketing billions of dollars from victims across the world.
So where did she go? Could she be in Dubai? Did she get a facelift and move to Brazil? Or could she be hiding in plain sight?
Technology writer and journalist Jamie Barlett investigates this crazy story of what could be the world’s wildest crypto scam.
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@Cloudnine2024 7 месяцев назад

How anyone thought that this woman looked trustworthy is beyond me.

@kovy689 7 месяцев назад

Agreed. Just natural selection taking place.

@kovy689 7 месяцев назад

Btw, she looks like a gypsy or a “psychic” reader… a red flag.

@daviddavidsonn3578 7 месяцев назад

maybe they blind as f 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@pandora8478 7 месяцев назад

Sex and greed. Biggest weakness of ppl.

@WRITER1000 7 месяцев назад

Don't judge a book by its cover.

@lilyofthevalley2048 7 месяцев назад

A cryptocurrency that involves multilevel marketing? Who could’ve foreseen THAT being a scam?

@blockchainprofessor.x 7 месяцев назад

BITCONNNNNNNNECCCCTTTTTTTT

@franciscoleon2836 6 месяцев назад

In crypto market the comunity the numbers of holders is the most important part of the ECOSYSTEM and the Usability the 🗝️

@manamanaman 6 месяцев назад

It's like if Ponzi himself associated with Madoff

@manamanaman 6 месяцев назад

It's like if Ponzi himself associated with Madoff

@Ozymandias1 6 месяцев назад

People are still buying Bitcoin. It will all end in tears.

@forbesy33 7 месяцев назад

Never in the field of human history have we seen so many scammers and con artists as we have in crypto

@user-zp7jp1vk2i 7 месяцев назад

and the EXTREME centralization of an idea that was supposed to be the hallmark of DE Centralization. That right there had me head scratching.

@mrp007 7 месяцев назад

bankers are all angels right

@tommynorthwood 7 месяцев назад

That's exactly why I only buy physical bitcoins.

@mpinline1 7 месяцев назад

That's why it's called "crypto". You literally can't make it more obvious but then the cryptobros will say "oh, it's because you don't understand"... EXACTLY!

@Desopolis 6 месяцев назад

I’d say Pharma has it beat. It’s just a prettier version of the snake oil of the past

@jennstewart3003 7 месяцев назад

The fact that she has not been found yet is actually crazy....

@accuratealloys 7 месяцев назад

She may be in an oil drum at the bottom of a land fill.

@OhAwe 7 месяцев назад

Is it though? People get killed over mere thousands all the time.

@gdutfulkbhh7537 7 месяцев назад

Yeah, the kind of criminals OneCoin was working with... they don’t leave loose ends. @@accuratealloys

@willreed2052 7 месяцев назад

@@accuratealloys thats what she wants ppl to think... she out there

@ivandanov6061 7 месяцев назад

@@willreed2052 She is not.She is on the bottom of the ocean.

@TheJerbol 7 месяцев назад

STOP GIVING YOUR MONEY TO RANDOM PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET

@profyle766 7 месяцев назад

Bro...she wasn't random, all of those thousands of people who invested didn't think she was random!! she was on the tv mixing with celebs, going around worldwide promoting her "OneCoin" not to mention her global companies where she'd be meeting even more different people. She just took a massive chance and got away with billions.

@thoth3696 7 месяцев назад

#1 Tip for life 🤣

@TheJerbol 7 месяцев назад

Yes anyone not YOUR qualified financial advisor is a random person on the internet. They have no incentive to act in your best interest@@profyle766

@CLOYO 7 месяцев назад

@@profyle766Never heard of her. Smart people don't watch TV either. 😂

@profyle766 6 месяцев назад

@@CLOYO underrated dumbest comment 👍🏾like TV was her only outlet, she had celebs & the internet!! c'mon bro really.

@AmsterdamEats 7 месяцев назад

I'll never understand why people would give their hard earned money to people like this.. I barely even trust my own family with my money lol

@quilmesdave 6 месяцев назад

Hahahahahhahahahahhahaahhahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@garysahi100 6 месяцев назад

Perhaps that is why you still have a family

@nafisahibrahim4291 6 месяцев назад

I barely trust myself with my own money if we're being honest

@hshwhwbwhwhw3364 6 месяцев назад

Greed dummy

@theemporium5899 6 месяцев назад

You don't need to trust family. You just need the person you trust the most to believe the hype.

@marykay7878 7 месяцев назад

From Elizabeth Holmes to Sam to Trump to this woman, Forbes clearly plays a big role in giving public trust to absolute scammers

@Sataka23clips 7 месяцев назад

Trump is not a scammer stop reading mainstream media. You seem like the type of person who thought trump was colluding with russia😂😂😂

@AndyM_323YYY 7 месяцев назад

@@Sataka23clips Really. So Trump isn't selling NFTs?

@JacobColson34 7 месяцев назад

@@Sataka23clipsTrump has been sued and found guilty in several FRAUD cases one to name "Trump University" probably where you got your education 😂😂😂. Stop listening to your favorite Right Wing Brainwashing Propaganda source 🐑🐑

@rags1415 7 месяцев назад

Mary Kay has severe TDS! Rent Free baby!

@trucking4crypto195 7 месяцев назад

@AndyM_323YYY 😅😂..no Trump is a billionaire Actually his presidential salary he donates to the VA since day 1😂.... The dude makes 50 million dollars a week of his real state business alone 😂...he don't need to sell nfts U morron😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@longdatedoptionsleaps6112 7 месяцев назад

As soon as anyone says “multi LEVEL marketing” STAY AWAY!!!! 100% a scam

@thedevo01 7 месяцев назад

The thing is, people never say that is MLM is MLM only in retrospect.

@nunoalexandre6408 7 месяцев назад

True!!!!!!!!!!!

@RevShifty 7 месяцев назад

@@thedevo01 But they're fairly easy to spot. If you have to sell absolute nonsense to everyone you know and you still only make money by bringing in other people to work under you, then it's a MLM no matter what they say.

@Xerox482 6 месяцев назад

ya there is one MLM company in asian which is called Tians its still active too , i think all over there world should ban om MLM companies

@alexmousley7213 2 месяца назад

Absolutely- MLM recruits like a cult and floods a market with unsaleable stuff filling MLM devotees garages!

@olorin4317 7 месяцев назад

People who are gullible and greedy make it so easy for the maliciously greedy to steal from them.

@PhonkEcho 7 месяцев назад

Most 'mids' need a good story and they cough up the money. Its why Kickstarter is so powerful on donation collection nowadays

@BoondockGore 7 месяцев назад

Crypto is only valuable to criminals. That's why it collapsed. Illegal gambling, dark web drug dealers, and kitty corn can only take a currency so far.

@eksbocks9438 7 месяцев назад

Sometimes the greedy will even use them as Attack Dogs against the rest of us. "You think I'm stealing? I will make you pay for saying that!"

@miahdavis8331 7 месяцев назад

Yeah it is so sad that so many people want to desperately get rich and so they fall for these scams. Not I though! Never have and never will buy into crypto

@Flint-Dibble-the-Don 7 месяцев назад

@@miahdavis8331Fortune favors the timid

@LenaSchweizer-ff8xy 2 месяца назад

With markets tumbling, inflation soaring, the Fed imposing large interest-rate hike, while treasury yields are rising rapidly-which means more red ink for portfolios this quarter. How can I profit from the current volatile market, I'm still at a crossroads deciding if to liquidate my $125k bond/stocck portfolio

@AaronZak-js 2 месяца назад

It comes down to technique; a downtrend gives you room to focus on the market and grow significantly in the short or long term. While it is easier to make money when the market is rising, a downtrend can still yield high returns if you have the necessary knowledge and skills. For this reason, I have been scaling up during this difficult period by working with an investment advisor; this has been the only way I have raised up to $150K in the last six months.

@Brennanoliver775 2 месяца назад

in as much as my knowledge of the business is limited, it seems that this is the ideal time to enter the market based on my understanding of supply and demand in the economy. The consistent price variations, which shouldn't be an issue, are the only thing stopping me. But I really need a counselor; could you please assist me?

@AaronZak-js 2 месяца назад

@@Brennanoliver775 I work with Alicia Ann Jordan, who is a licensed fiduciary. Just look up the name. All the information you need to work with a letter to set up an appointment is included.

@AaronZak-js 2 месяца назад

@@Brennanoliver775 One of the fiduciaries I deal with is Alicia Ann Jordan. Just check the name. There would be a letter with the necessary information to set up an appointment.

@AaronZak-js 2 месяца назад

One of the fiduciaries I deal with is Alicia Ann Jordan. Just check the name. There would be a letter with the necessary information to set up an appointment.

@jalex4184 7 месяцев назад

Lesson folks: don't invest your hard earned money in things you dont understand...if it looks too good to be true it probably is.

@CarloHofilena 7 месяцев назад

💯 anything that promises a fast return in wealth, “get rich fast” is definitely a scam

@edwinpio4530 7 месяцев назад

One coin seminar managed to make its way into my mums church here in New Zealand. Many people were duped including my mother who lost around 2,000 more or less which was nearly every dollar she had. I blame the church for being greedy.

@TheMwendaa 7 месяцев назад

Oh my goodness

@user-zp7jp1vk2i 7 месяцев назад

@@TheMwendaa Church's are ideal vehicles for group think, and you have to be nice. Anyone coming into play via a church must be honest, eh?

@caitlincaitlin7289 7 месяцев назад

Churches should NOT be promoting these things!

@edwinpio4530 7 месяцев назад

@@caitlincaitlin7289Exactly what I thought! Churches are more and more trying to become businesses instead of what they are meant for otherwise. Which easily preys on its people who follow

@aliabassfeeds 7 месяцев назад

Why not blame your mother?

@phillipwong3754 7 месяцев назад

The irony of these ICO is, Crypto should be a decentralised monetary system, but at the same time victims trust a very centralised group or a person.

@MonkDave666 7 месяцев назад

What's even more fascinating about OneCoin though is that it wasn't even real even in an ICO sense. There was no blockchain at all, it was just numbers in a database.

@kaputalist1971 7 месяцев назад

This has nothing to do with crypto, and she was given the name Cryptoqueen to make crypto look bad by the elites. Onecoin doesn't use crypto, it was designed purely to be a scam.

@danb5595 7 месяцев назад

Nothing Decentralized about it if a few people can steal everything

@JaimeWarlock 7 месяцев назад

Which is why you shouldn't feel very sorry for them. They were only interested in making money, not in helping to create a better world. Same with the victims of FTX, people that believe in crypto don't leave their coins on an exchange.

@viscountslappy5085 7 месяцев назад

And that's why it's doomed.

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@Munmunbey 6 месяцев назад

SO TRUE

@gekko805 7 месяцев назад

Looking at her face, I would never have thought about investing even 1$ in her venture

@xXxUrbanNinjaxXx 5 месяцев назад

????

@generaluse2878 5 месяцев назад

Wonder if she turned out to be the founder of Bitcoin, what would people be saying and judging about her appearance? Every judgmental, discriminatory comment here based on her appearance is just ridiculous. That is why there is a saying, you cannot judge a book by its cover.

@gekko805 4 месяца назад

@@generaluse2878 this book would be too expensive to buy

@oh_k8 3 месяца назад

@@xXxUrbanNinjaxXxHer ethnicity bruh...

@MarkoGregovic 7 месяцев назад

PLOT TWIST: the Crypto Queen disguised herself as the Vice journalist investigating the Crypto Queen.

@ThomasConover 7 месяцев назад

I recognized onecoin and these people as a scam after watching about 30 seconds of their marketing video. I never imagined they would manage to fool so many victims. Unbelievable. 😑

@phillipwong3754 7 месяцев назад

Is like a cult, it might look straight forward for you. I think this is cult on steroids, is FOMO plus money/greed

@Nenmeu2 6 месяцев назад

People are stupid.

@ray101892 7 месяцев назад

She has a pretty distinctive face so my guess is she went to a shady surgeon to do some enhancements and is walking around somewhere with a face that fits the place's ethnicity.

@supremelyeducated3273 7 месяцев назад

The fact that we get free videos from VICE News on RU-vid is priceless, keeping the education and knowledge alive. 🙏🙏🙏

@olefella7561 7 месяцев назад

Hell yeah.

@magasaurus7210 7 месяцев назад

They’re mostly a propaganda machine, so it is great that they can occasionally put out good content like this

@mamajune3864 6 месяцев назад

If it is free, you are the product.

@gdutfulkbhh7537 7 месяцев назад

As a kind of zombie scam, this lurched on for a few years after the crash, in developing countries. Astounding how trusting some people can be!

@Garaz745 7 месяцев назад

How greedy* people can be! All these scams rely on someone hoping to make a quick buck

@anmnou 5 месяцев назад

Or people in desperate situations. @@Garaz745

@MattGaetzOnAWhiteFordBronco 7 месяцев назад

Why do people keep falling for this? 🤦 Don't invest in crypto, especially by any self-professed gurus or experts. As long as she has money, she'll be able to roam freely.

@vitech5631 7 месяцев назад

She was killed by the Greek mafia boss on his yacht, after she suddenly took a plane during the night to Greece (the last trace the Interpol had on her). This info I read in the central BG newspaper a report from the BG police service that follows the crime wrings in BG, Serbia & Greece (the last are connected). It could also be an attempt to get any further investigations off her back. Keep in mind, she has a PHD in International Law & Economics, so she is a specialist in International Diplomatic passports, working closely with Intelligent service on crossing & erasing her traces. I wouldn't get worry about her getting punished, these things are handled in a different way, these criminals develop such a self-destructive mindset, they all eventually have terrible death soon or later.

@blacksheep9505 7 месяцев назад

The thing that really irked me was that she involved her brother and he is now facing the consequences.

@mantality312 7 месяцев назад

Her brother was a previously convicted scammer and gang member.

@baverfjant 7 месяцев назад

Yeah not all the people who got scammed. The brother, who engaged in criminal activity too, is the real victim?

@jensonank2409 7 месяцев назад

He's probably no less dodgy than her..

@jayo3074 7 месяцев назад

IDGAF about the brother lol care more for those who lost their money

@ggoddkkiller1342 7 месяцев назад

Im pretty sure she is dead, her brother wasn't arrested rather he literally ran into Newyork and surrendered! He wouldn't do that if his sister was still around with billions..

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@yuikiyoshi1248 6 месяцев назад

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@GeryNH 7 месяцев назад

Bulgarian here, the current belief here is that she was murdered on a yacht by one of the more popular and dangerous mafia bosses she managed to fool. It was on the news here, and according to the media, some "friends" of the mafia boss hinted that she was chopped into pieces and thrown in the sea. The humiliation for the mafia boss was too much and he just wanted her dead.

@MNcoquicoqui 6 месяцев назад

NOW THAT I DO BELIEVE. Same thing with the Mexican Cartels.....don't mess with them.

@herogebrial 6 месяцев назад

Who's the mafia boss?

@GeryNH 6 месяцев назад

@herogebrial his code name is Taki. If you google these names in cyrillic : Ружа Игнатова Таки" you will get the articles. Then, just use Google translate to see the English translation. Apparently, he offered to help her in exchange for half the money she stole. They got on a fancy boat, and somewhere in the Mediterranean, she was shot, cut into pieces, and thrown into the sea. Either Taki found out where she kept the money or his hate was too much.

@krall5995 6 месяцев назад

@@herogebrial Hristoforos Amanatidis -Taki (Taki is his nickname). He's one of the more powerful and dangerous criminal personalities here. As far as I know it's speculated that he had her killed. Then again, it's speculated that he's killed a lot of people, who knows.

@GeryNH 6 месяцев назад

@@krall5995 Thank you :)

@davidwicklin9943 7 месяцев назад

These financial fraudsters and scamsters ought to be punished with the greatest severity for willfully stealing peoples money. They financially murder and destroy people for their greedy, selfish “profits”.

@anthonyman8008 7 месяцев назад

Their only victims are people greedy of gain

@frankrizzo7663 7 месяцев назад

why its all unregulated :P DUH

@PhonkEcho 7 месяцев назад

their defense is that they did not force anyone to send them money

@davidwicklin9943 7 месяцев назад

@@PhonkEchoSo has every conman and conwoman - it’s no longer the thieves fault - it was a “voluntary” “investment”. Criminals love blaming their victims to self-aggrandize while abdicating responsibility or liability. “Attraction marketing”. Lol

@RadzeefRamli 7 месяцев назад

Scamming business is everywhere now... all we have to do now is learn to fight back. Scammers are the same as serial killers... you won't die, but your bank account will be murdered

@cookdislander4372 7 месяцев назад

I feel like anybody who has a buisness about helping you get rich is a con. No one wants to help you get rich unless they friend or family.

@mthokozisimpanza34 7 месяцев назад

To be fair, friends and family can also be pretty devious too.

@cookdislander4372 7 месяцев назад

@mthokozisimpanza34 yeah 100%. . . I mean the true friends and family. But yeah, family f eachother over all the time. I hear some cray stories

@antoniotreminio 7 месяцев назад

Her eyes say everything about her.

@avgonyma1 7 месяцев назад

She's not stupid, for sure. In these times, where everyone has a smartphone, where control is more and more intrusive, there are not many people who were able to go under the radar. Amazing. 😳 I support your hunt and wish you all the luck! Fascinating and its the right thing to do.

@IDONTLIKETHATSHIT 6 месяцев назад

She's not stupid but her vanity makes her extremely common. No matter what, she's a woman after all.

@Marvel-Rogue 7 месяцев назад

NEVER heard of her or her 1 coin 😮😢 damn!! But im glad your telling everybody who she is though .

@vermont741 7 месяцев назад

You’re telling everybody… though.

@nicholasbonetati-smith4066 7 месяцев назад

Not only was it a scam but the coin wasn’t even connected to the blockchain

@r3dp1ll 7 месяцев назад

a blockchain not the blockchain

@fckSashka 7 месяцев назад

@@r3dp1ll🤓

@JaimeWarlock 7 месяцев назад

Even weirder is that they could have forked the Bitcoin code with a huge pre-mine and given everybody their promised coins. It would have cost them next to nothing. They had a database with all their customers, so the whole process could have been automated. Sure, the price of any OneCoin would have collapsed to next to nothing, but now it is more of a business failure than a complete scam.

@kennybachman35 7 месяцев назад

@@JaimeWarlockcrypto currency is a scam. Period. You don’t recognize a Ponzi Scheme when you see one?

@larsstougaard7097 6 месяцев назад

The other side of the coin , sadly

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@Molloy1951 6 месяцев назад

All the people who invested in one coin had one common trait: greed. Yes, some of them were naive. Naive and extremely greedy. Should we feel sorry for them?

@URFUTUREUK 6 месяцев назад

Never.

@kstephen88694 7 месяцев назад

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@mindoverbody7647 6 месяцев назад

@@dickiesdocos Will do. Clown

@maddiebender560 7 месяцев назад

Highly recommend the crypto queen podcast!! Incredible podcast and answers 99% of the questions in this comment section. This journalist has been investigating this for years

@dejesus32 6 месяцев назад

She's a bloody legend. The fact that she was able to scam so much and still not be found. That's Lupin level. Danny Ocean style!

@fumblerooskie 6 месяцев назад

She did lose a lot of people a lot of money. She (or her body) may never be found.

@chanelape5603 6 месяцев назад

Don't many people speculate she probably got murdered and her body dumped in the ocean lol

@kalapipo7495 6 месяцев назад

Why? Why no movie about her? Played by Sandra Bullock.🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

@nikolaykolarov6074 5 месяцев назад

Well, in Bulgaria, there's a rumor that she's been shot on a yacht somewhere in Greece. Allegedly, she's been sponsored by Bulgarian underground bosses, who ware unhappy with her ways of returning the investments :-) Frankly, I believe she's dead, as no-one could make such a fraud without being supported by the mafia. And Mafia do not forget.

@leeturton9254 5 месяцев назад

@@kalapipo7495nadia from big brother could play her ..

@michaelherron4306 7 месяцев назад

A fool and his money are easily parted.

@AndyM_323YYY 7 месяцев назад

I would have thought organised crime would also be looking for her: she's worth a lot of money and she's already missing.

@DMRoper1 7 месяцев назад

Maybe she is already dead. She did defraud people of millions.

@ggoddkkiller1342 7 месяцев назад

She was already doing shady deals with UAE ''businessmen'', for example it is known one invested 200 million dollars to onecoin and there could be more, most probably she was laundering for them. Im pretty sure she is dead, her brother wasn't arrested rather he literally ran into Newyork and surrendered! He wouldn't do that if his sister was still around with billions..

@WS-bk7uu 7 месяцев назад

Yep, I think there's a high chance she could have been killed.

@steph4356 7 месяцев назад

some articles/persons say she was found in a chopped up in a briefcase at the bottom of the ocean

@profyle766 7 месяцев назад

Who's gonna pay the Criminals? The FBI? 😂😂 She could afford to pay any organised crime waaay more to leave her alone!! even better, if you hear of anyone looking for me......

@katemostreicher 6 месяцев назад

this was my favorite podcast by far. I hope she’s found to bring justice, but also so the podcast can continue

@SegunSpiff 6 месяцев назад

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@TomasPLopez 6 месяцев назад

Many of us don't know where to invest our money to make profit from it.

@SegunSpiff 6 месяцев назад

@@TomasPLopezTalking about being successful, i know i am blessed if not i wouldn't met someone spectacular as expert MRS AVA KIMBERLY 🤗🤗

@marier.sherman 6 месяцев назад

I came about Mrs Ava Kimberly', by a friend of mine and that's how i keep on trading over 3 months now, she had really made name for herself

@edna.Chavis 6 месяцев назад

So true, I've been placing my investment with Mrs Ava Kimberly platform and it's amazing I earn up to $30,000 in just one month 😍

@antoniete387- 6 месяцев назад

*Having monitored my portfolio performance which has made a jaw dropping $370k from just the past two quarters alone, I have learned why experienced traders make enormous returns from the seemingly unknown market true Mrs Ava Kimberly*

@lynnedwards1727 7 месяцев назад

Greed drove her and attracted other greedy, gullible folk who were happy to suspend their ethics and morals. No sympathy for any of them.

@DMRoper1 7 месяцев назад

And after her there was SBF. And after him there will be others. People forget too quickly. Greed gives them amnesia.

@k_eva1219 7 месяцев назад

I can’t get enough of this story. Thank you

@Greenz1100 7 месяцев назад

Sad that people are investing in this and losing everything. I wish I could tell people, be happy with the few coins in your pocket. I hope they catch her.

@bertoman1990 7 месяцев назад

Just from her first point in her exit strategy is enough to know what her intentions really are

@mr.q3216 7 месяцев назад

Nice piece. Good reporting. Keep up the good work.

@melissaortizrodriguez5167 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for this video I knew a group of people from Colombia who invested money on this. Please continue your research, even if we don’t get their money back they can still rest in peace knowing that she got what she deserved .

@stoilralev4364 6 месяцев назад

Don't worry mate she is dead. Killed by Hristofor Аmanatidis-Taki in a yacht in Dubai. Money is taken by Bulgaria organized crime.

@petergriffiinbirdistheword 7 месяцев назад

💀 Sometimes having trust issues is a good thing.

@ExperienceTheFrenchRiviera 7 месяцев назад

I have met people like this in the French Riviera. They social climb in the same manner of her as well and fortunately you can see them coming from a mile away.

@8NEXTONE8 7 месяцев назад

In any a fluent city and suburb worldwide ha

@Fanakapan222 7 месяцев назад

Negative effect of the Iron Curtain being raised ?

@user-zp7jp1vk2i 7 месяцев назад

@@Fanakapan222 anyone packing an Eastern Bloc Passport makes me nervous.

@Fanakapan222 7 месяцев назад

@@user-zp7jp1vk2i If you're on the Cote d'Azur that's probably the correct reaction. :)

@glendalindaloo 7 месяцев назад

She looks so nobel. just the type of person i would trust my life savings with as well.

@marykay7878 7 месяцев назад

Ahahaha IKR 😂😂😂😂?!

@phaldaz 7 месяцев назад

Was legit Giona type that I listened to a podcast about her already until I heard the voice again and confirmed it was in fact THE Jamie Bartlett that's on my screen reporting it the same way he did on the podcast. It was a great listen, highly recommend, called "The Missing Cryptoqueen"

@Fqlan 6 месяцев назад

Just her eyes and words sound like a scam! To believe this is scary. Imagine business men knowing it works fell for that phrase “double your coins in your account.” That sounds to good to be true.

@Abhothra 7 месяцев назад

Did you lot ask Private Charters as well? Jump around the world (via a detour) but you can still reach next to any destination via low security airports. Lot's of dodgy characters swarming about these....

@ChainringTours 7 месяцев назад

sailing into Europe on a mega yacht, especially as a guest, assuming the passport of some other legitimate person from dubai, balkin region or the like is enough to get past most people. border guards aren't looking to piss off rich yacht owners in smaller ports, once in, she can move throughout Europe with little problem. Hair color change, plastic surgury and weight loss and you wouldn't be able to tell it's her.

@RalfStephan 7 месяцев назад

@@ChainringTours No reason why Europe should be different in that than, say, Bahamas or Macao.

@Abhothra 7 месяцев назад

@@ChainringTours Oh sure, best bet is trying to find a DNA sample from trash or something if they spot someone with a semblence. However something tells me she's attending events like Monaco boat show or Top Marques due to her habbit of flaunting her ill gotten gains and no one asks questions there much like certain areas of Portugal since if she's in Europe she might have run into some form of trouble with her friends over in Russia mentioned in the podcast. Do wonder where, when and perhaps more importanly how this is going to end though.

@BobHank2 7 месяцев назад

Fascinating subject and perfect storytelling.

@joannewalker7863 7 месяцев назад

Outstanding job, *Chargebacktools* I'm so glad you're out there battling these vile con artists. We must take every precaution to protect the general people and the elderly from these vile con artists!!Bravo to you! You ought to be awarded the Nobel Prize for protecting us. Big up, brother

@josmyth5579 7 месяцев назад

Jamie I was hooked to your podcast when you launched it!!! Crazy! Thank you!!!

@vainarrara6651 7 месяцев назад

I've been following this case closely and frequently talk about this woman in my finance classes.

@paulthrutner9114 7 месяцев назад

Watching RU-vid videos doesn’t count as “following a case closely”…it basically means you’re watching RU-vid videos.

@vainarrara6651 7 месяцев назад

@@paulthrutner9114 Not videos, but whatever.

@joolz2305 7 месяцев назад

There is a full podcast series, free, on BBC Sounds- The Missing Cryptoqueen’

@thesuckpuppet18 7 месяцев назад

The podcast is amazing!

@msdiamondpiggy 4 месяца назад

Sad to say, sometimes the person who's the spoke person or face of a Scheme isn't the actual person who built it nor is the person raking all the money in. She disappeared maybe the ghost of the organization killed her and rode off with the money. The ghost who plan and ran the Scheme faceless to the public, got away

@AlexLA007 6 месяцев назад

How do I watch the podcast?

@smellytaint 7 месяцев назад

"We went to x because we thought ...., then we took a trip to y thinking we would see her there...." quality journalism, I wish all journalists were as hard working as you are

@epiclegodude123 7 месяцев назад

Well those are the strongest leads they have. It’s incredible how they fraudster has been able to hide so well for this long

@youngmasterzhi 7 месяцев назад

She went from being the girl on fire to the girl UNDER fire!!

@OilBaron100 7 месяцев назад

I loved your podcast. Will you make any more episodes?

@Boss-or9qk 6 месяцев назад

Human greed creates this case

@KGBSpyGeorgeCostanza 7 месяцев назад

Rumor has it she's pretty much got armed guards so unless a bounty hunter with insanme gunslinging skills can take on her

@davidwicklin9943 7 месяцев назад

Maybe Jesus Christ will sling judge her unrepentant ass one day.

@PhonkEcho 7 месяцев назад

There is no way to withdraw 4 billion dollars. If they put pressure on the offshore banks, its possible to find a money trail

@ConsensusX 7 месяцев назад

@@PhonkEcho Exactly. Unless she split the money into several smaller accounts all over the world. That way, she would launder a few millions at a time.

@robertm3561 7 месяцев назад

@@PhonkEcho She most likely has the money she stole in different crypto accounts etc. banks safety boxes/where ever you can(you can if you know what you are doing) hide assets.

@henderyjem6881 7 месяцев назад

The Equalizer could probably take her out

@London97 7 месяцев назад

Some people are born to be conned … I mean who would trust this woman with their hard earned monies. ?

@rickv9180 7 месяцев назад

That's what desperation, greed and ignorance does to a person

@assmonkey9202 7 месяцев назад

@@rickv9180= victimless crime

@jbmp1390 7 месяцев назад

This is why we're meant to have a regulatory system that can actually rein in crap like this. It's the job of regulators to stop blatant cons like this BEFORE people lose billions. Should many of those people invested? Probably not. Does that make the behavior of these thieves any more acceptable? Of course not!

@summaryjudgment 7 месяцев назад

The woman quite literally sounds like the villain from a Bond movie. I don't feel bad for a single person who lost their money. Judge a book by its cover people! How on Earth would you give this woman money?!

@yadusolparterre 7 месяцев назад

Yeah judge her on her looks, smart

@OhAwe 7 месяцев назад

Exactly! Only give your money to pretty people!

@CarpeDiem13x 7 месяцев назад

@@yadusolparterre Smart enough NOT TO GIVE money to a random human.

@eyeseer1 7 месяцев назад

A sucker is born every time.

@yadusolparterre 7 месяцев назад

@@CarpeDiem13x you give money to random humans every day. Do you only buy from handsome people as well?

@nikoladd 7 месяцев назад

Investment is something you can afford to lose. Investing everything you have is called gambling.

@tallulah_teyah 7 месяцев назад

Old news!! How about telling us where she is after all these years!!

@PhonkEcho 7 месяцев назад

An update about latest sighting would make sense...not history lesson to promote a podcast

@moskvi4 7 месяцев назад

Totally agree. Retelling of a podcast from 2018. Common.

@BKOmnyama 7 месяцев назад

Some close friends of hers got murdered execution style in their mansion in Cape Town a few months ago. Nothing got stolen and there were no signs of forced entry. Probably a hit.

@pasta-and-heroin 7 месяцев назад

no way, really? got any names so i can find articles? edit: i actually found some articles, wow dude thank you

@robertm3561 7 месяцев назад

Do you have any more information about that/link?

@robertm3561 7 месяцев назад

@@pasta-and-heroin Can you put a link here?

@MachineryMasters101 7 месяцев назад

@@pasta-and-heroin post some links

@pasta-and-heroin 7 месяцев назад

@@robertm3561 every time I do the comment is deleted lol. Google ‘Capetown 4 murdered onecoin’

@fredyuldashev 6 месяцев назад

couple of things here. i'm assuming majority of investors just hopped on the Crypto band-wagon without actually any idea how things work in the tech sector or trading world. They had the FOMO episode and without hesitation went on to buy it. So , it's their fault for not doing their due diligence.

@LordOtorai 5 месяцев назад

Recent controversies surrounding Forbes' cover choices highlight a crucial issue. As a trusted publication, Forbes must realize that featuring someone on their cover implies endorsement. This not only influences public opinion but also financial decisions. When these figures turn out to be frauds, it's not just Forbes' reputation at stake, but also the trust and financial well-being of their readers. It's high time for Forbes to enhance their vetting process and take ethical responsibility for their content. This isn't just about maintaining journalistic integrity; it's about protecting the public from misleading information.

@inferno336 7 месяцев назад

Sad thing that the only people that got robbed were mostly honest working people. If one of those rich fucks were robbed, this woman would be on jail already.

@Leo_Thomas733 6 месяцев назад

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@DavidWillam-xk4fh 6 месяцев назад

Same here, I started with $3,000 now earning $28,000 bi-weekly profits with his trading program

@AdamKhan-wb4ve 6 месяцев назад

He's so amazing i still cannot believe one can be this exceptional when it comes to Bitcoin activities

@OscarVeronica-hz1sp 6 месяцев назад

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@Elsa-td8cu 6 месяцев назад

He's a great personality in the state 🇺🇸 I'm also earning from him.

@Jason_s762 6 месяцев назад

I've lost quite a good number of coins in the current dip, I just hope I find a way to recover from such a massive loss.

@Mr.D34 7 месяцев назад

Seriously, if you can't tell from the get-go that this woman is a con artist, then you deserve to lose your money. Also i wouldn't be surprised if somehow she is found in Turkiye. A heaven for drug kingpins and every type of rich criminals.

@kremapeneva9732 6 месяцев назад

This is a prime example of how one can exploit the greed and the desire for quick financial success. Ignatova wasn't a genius, she just knew better how greed works. Well, I am actually amused that nobody can find her... I mean, seriously?!

@ophilialacroix7060 7 месяцев назад

I wondered what had happened to this woman! It has been very quite on social media about her. I knew she had to rush off somewhere. I wonder why facial recognition cameras didn’t catch her, she can not change her eyes too much. Moving to Greece makes sense because she has similar features to Grecian people!

@theyjustwantyourmoney4539 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for the update, we humans quickly forget, that's why these scammers think we're daft

@capone_rd_809 6 месяцев назад

Crypto was created to defraud people from the beginning, the fact that people thought things like this would not happen is beyond me.

@HoneyLove77 6 месяцев назад

Exactly!! Crypto should be banned!!

@Ziaurelijus 5 месяцев назад

Finance is made to make money not every sheep can…there always winners and losers…crypto made more millionaires that any other sector in history of humanity. Stop thinking like waxed

@xplaing 4 месяца назад

@@HoneyLove77It shouldn't be banned, if you're dumb it's your problem not everyone else's 😂

@quintaviusmartin990 6 месяцев назад

To quit your job and give all your inheritance away is insane. She did a helluva job marketing!! Grown ups should be more wiser than that

@Leeroy6572 7 месяцев назад

People thought quick cash was coming there way ,it went her way

@vermont741 7 месяцев назад

Their

@Leeroy6572 7 месяцев назад

@@vermont741 my grammar school education failed me there

@vermont741 7 месяцев назад

@@Leeroy6572 no worries, sometimes we need to be reminded of the difference between ‘there’, ‘their’ and ‘they’re’

@PaginasLetea 6 месяцев назад

So sad Vice is bankrupt, I've been following this story too and it would've been great if they had more budget for this piece

@Peppermint1 6 месяцев назад

I cannot hear because of the music

@nulnoh219 7 месяцев назад

How do u have a QUEEN in a decentralised system. Crypto Queen?! Lmao.

@viybzcontact 7 месяцев назад

Great work. Such an incredible job..much love.

@christomladenov222 6 месяцев назад

Believe me, must have great courage and briliant self confidence to behave like she did. Only a great woman can do it. For me, as a bulgarian , is rather strange how many stupid people with much money are waiting around asking to be cheated. You only look at her face , how can you thrust it?

@stacyjpoliticscommunityfai359 6 месяцев назад

That paisley satin double vested suit would have had me questioning everything about this business.

@AnnaBella_et 6 месяцев назад

And she is watching this documentary .....

@ConsensusX 7 месяцев назад

This dude traveled around the world for free as an excuse to look for some scammer woman lol. Gotta love the Vice company credit card!

@nvrndingsmmr 7 месяцев назад

What a bad take.

@robertm3561 7 месяцев назад

If there is a change he can find her/help to find her, its worth it. Do you have some information about your insinuation, or are you just blowing hot air..?

@r3dp1ll 7 месяцев назад

It's the BBC who's paying

@assmonkey9202 7 месяцев назад

Fr. he’s just giving us a little overview of his holiday😂

@blu4085 7 месяцев назад

@@assmonkey9202 It's a story full of probabilities and maybes .. guess work.

@rcg7262 7 месяцев назад

Vice are the experts on the topic of grift - they live it

@otwotheo5366 7 месяцев назад

Ntago wakwiba imbaraga zamaboko yabantu ngo uzagire amahoro cyeretse umugisha udaturuka kumana uva kwashitani

@belindachappstikheiresstot5346 7 месяцев назад

She’s Carmen San Diego!

@user-zp7jp1vk2i 7 месяцев назад

this kind of "money" MLM was around in the eighties. one "cash" MLM my co worker commented it had all the appeals: against the system, we're in this together, we'll all be rich; but many of my co=workers got involved but they DIDN@T do some of the stupid things you see today: sell their homes, quit their job, put mom's cash into it. Tech has brought out the worst in all of us, and just taken it to a level of Theatre of the Absurd.

@kimulishafiqali8371 6 месяцев назад

As a Ugandan citizen, I pity those who sold their family properties just to invest in onecoin

@MikeSpaa 6 месяцев назад

their podcast is very much worth diving in to!

@KarlRock 7 месяцев назад

Can’t run forever.

@Bebedollie 6 месяцев назад

Why did u make that shorts video about New Zealand gangs and say disrespectful things that aren't true?

@ConsensusX 7 месяцев назад

This had nothing to do with crypto. This was just a scam artist capitalizing on the rise of Bitcoin.

@ShengYu1995 7 месяцев назад

so what if it had nothing to do with actual crypto? the woman called herself a cryptoqueen

@ConsensusX 7 месяцев назад

@@ShengYu1995 The public is often misinformed about the crypto industry with headlines like these. There are clear distinctions between permissionless network protocols and millionaire scammers/fraudsters. She did not create a permissionless blockchain network. This has nothing to do with crypto, just an old-fashioned pyramid fraud.

@ConsensusX 7 месяцев назад

This is like calling Bernie Madoff "the greatest Wall Street investor who stole billions". He was never an investor because the investments were not real. Same with this woman. She was never a "crypto queen", because there was no blockchain. Just a spreadsheet with fraudulent numbers.

@susannehuber3996 7 месяцев назад

Crypto is a scam. It’s completely bs.

@ConsensusX 7 месяцев назад

@@susannehuber3996 Bitcoin is helping millions of people around the world preserve their purchasing power against the rapid devaluation of fiat money. Take a look at Argentina for example.

@Gotrek-sk8rq 7 месяцев назад

Crypto has been the greatest scam man has ever created and people keep falling for it. Those who do deserve to lose everything at this point.

@-xirx- 7 месяцев назад

Villages in Uganda? Poor farmers? 'Deserve' is such a loaded word

@dadsapp 7 месяцев назад

Nah...the Covid vaccine takes that honor by a landslide.

@marilynlucas5128 7 месяцев назад

Stop saying Ruja was into crypto. Her coin was not a cryptocurrency. They had a database where do could just update numbers for people thinking they were into crypto. Lmao. If her one coin was a cryptocurrency. She wouldn't have gotten so big. Many in the crypto community had never heard of her. She got those people who knew little about cryptocurrencies.