FBI's Most Wanted Scammer Disappeared With $4 Billion. Now, She's Been Linked To Bulgarian Underworld

Quoting a 2022 report by Bulgarian investigative journalist Dimitar Stoyanov, the BBC said that Ruja Ignatova was killed a year after her disappearance.

Ten years ago, Dr Ruja Ignatova became famous with her fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme known as OneCoin. Millions globally trusted the Bulgarian-born Germen entrepreneur with their life savings, showing unwavering faith in her vision for a new online currency. Then, in 2017, Dr Ignatova boarded a plane in Sofia, Bulgaria, and vanished. She hasn't been seen since. Authorities still don't know what happened to Dr Ignatova. She is the FBI's most wanted woman after being charged with fraud, over accusations that she ran off with more than $4 billion (roughly Rs 31,580 crore) worth of investments from people in 175 countries.

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Now, the BBC has carried out an investigation that seeks to answer the question - what happened to Dr Ignatova?