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Ruja Plamenova Ignatova (Bulgarian: Ружа Пламенова Игнатова, romanized: Ruža Plamenova Ignatova, occasionally transliterated as "Ruga Ignatova"; born May 30, 1980 – disappeared October 25, 2017) [2] is a Bulgarian-born German entrepreneur best known as one of the FBI’s Top Ten wanted Fugitives, and as the founder of a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme known as OneCoin ...
In fact, nearly 33 percent of respondents said they had fallen victim to a crypto scam, according to a 2021 survey by CryptoVantage, a crypto news source. So those looking to trade digital ...
The term, used by scammers to describe crypto investment schemes, was especially apt in 2023, as losses increased 45% over the 2022 totals, according to a new report from the FBI. Last year saw ...
The report found that people over 60 years old were the most scammed: they lost nearly $1.6 billion in 2023. "Elderly have generally a lot more free time," Barnacle explained.
OneCoin logo on the door of their office building in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 2016. OneCoin is a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme [1] [2] conducted by offshore companies OneCoin Ltd (based in Bulgaria [3] and registered in Dubai) and OneLife Network Ltd (registered in Belize), both founded by Ruja Ignatova in concert with Sebastian Greenwood. [4]
In 2021, losses to crypto scams were 60 times higher than they had been in 2018. “Cryptocurrency can be a fast, convenient, and inexpensive way to pay for products or services, transfer assets ...
Crypto Ponzi schemes (7 P) Pages in category "Cryptocurrency scams" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
People in the U.S. reported losing $5.6 billion to cryptocurrency scams in 2023, with older people hit the hardest, according to the FBI. The FBI’s first annual Cryptocurrency Fraud Report ...