Before she went missing, the infamous crypto pyramid Onecoin’s founder, Ruja Ignatova, was reportedly informed of police investigations. The “Cryptoqueen” has been in hiding for some time and is wanted by authorities all over the world.
A media report has shed light on how Onecoin’s founder, Ruja Ignatova, may have been warned about the plans to detain her months before she disappeared nearly five years ago.
Greek police tried to locate her
Frank Schneider, a former Luxembourgian intelligence officer who served as Ignatova’s trusted advisor and is currently facing extradition to the United States for his alleged involvement in the Ponzi scheme, presented the documents.
While the metadata suggests that Ruja obtained the files through her own contacts in Bulgaria, Schneider claims he received them on a flash drive from Ruja.
Ignatova, 42, is wanted by Interpol, Europol, and the FBI for stealing $4 billion from defrauded investors. She was born in Bulgaria and is also German.On October 25, 2017, she was last seen getting on a Ryanair flight to Athens.
This summer, media reports said that the Greek police tried to find her based on information about her recent meetings there.
The BBC reports that the police files contain presentations made at a March 15, 2017, meeting on “Operation Satellite” at Europol’s headquarters in The Hague.
Representatives from the FBI, the United States Department of Justice, and the New York District Attorney attended. Additionally present were officers from Dubai, Bulgaria, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands.
ALSO READ: $260K gas fees stolen following the Ethereum Alarm Clock exploit
The FBI did not comment on the Europol documents
The participants talked about specifics of the investigation into the crypto pyramid, including the City of London Police’s unsuccessful attempts to interview Ignatova.
Prosecutors in the United States made the claim in 2019 that Schneider was the one who provided the Cryptoqueen with secret police information.
The Dubai Police, the U.S. law enforcement agencies that attended the meeting in March 2017, and the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior declined to comment. This complex scenario with many stakeholders makes it difficult to assess where and how such an incident might have occurred, according to Europol, which stated that it is investigating the matter.
