{"id":82472,"date":"2024-06-27T12:52:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T12:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/27\/ruja-ignatova-4m-reward-being-offered-in-hunt-for-fugitive\/"},"modified":"2024-06-27T12:52:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T12:52:01","slug":"ruja-ignatova-4m-reward-being-offered-in-hunt-for-fugitive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/27\/ruja-ignatova-4m-reward-being-offered-in-hunt-for-fugitive\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruja Ignatova: \u00a34m reward being offered in hunt for fugitive"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e3.365dm.com\/22\/07\/1920x1080\/skynews-ruja-ignatova-cryptoqueen_5819881.jpg?20220701070555&amp;fit=1920,1080&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ruja Ignatova: \u00a34m reward being offered in hunt for fugitive\" title=\"Ruja Ignatova: \u00a34m reward being offered in hunt for fugitive\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-component-name=\"sdc-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>A $5m (\u00a34m) reward is being offered in the hunt for the fugitive &#8220;Cryptoqueen&#8221; Ruja Ignatova.<\/p>\n<p>Bulgarian-born Ignatova, who has German citizenship, has been on the FBI&#8217;s top 10 most wanted list since 2022 for fraud and money laundering.<\/p>\n<p>She is accused of defrauding investors out of $4bn (\u00a33.3bn) by selling a fake cryptocurrency called OneCoin, founded in Sofia in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The US agency, which has called OneCoin &#8220;one of the largest global fraud schemes in history&#8221;, previously offered a $100,000 (\u00a382,463) reward for information leading to her capture.<\/p>\n<p>However, that has now been raised to \u00a34m.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Bulgaria&#8217;s chief prosecutor said on Wednesday that the country will press charges against Ignatova, who disappeared in late 2017.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She will also be charged in absentia in our country, which will allow the start of a procedure for the confiscation of her illegally acquired property,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/download-app\" target=\"blank\" data-tracking-label=\"ui-app-promo-download-link\" class=\"ui-app-promo sdc-article-widget\" data-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"ui-app-promo\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Please refresh the page for the fullest version.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You can receive breaking news alerts on a smartphone or tablet via the <a href=\"https:\/\/qrcode.skynews.com\/skynews\/appdownload\"><strong>Sky News app<\/strong><\/a>. 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