The Missing Cryptoqueen: Dead or Alive?
July 11, 2024 11:00 AM

A BBC investigation into the fate of Ruja Ignatova, the flamboyant founder of fake cryptocurrency OneCoin...and the world’s most wanted woman.
Dubbed the “Missing Cryptoqueen”, Ruja Ignatova is on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list after defrauding investors of $4.5 billion and then vanishing. Now, #BBCEye and #BBCPanorama investigate her close ties to a suspected Bulgarian organised crime boss and allegations that she was brutally assassinated.
This #BBCWorldService documentary has exclusive access to the US special agent in charge of tracking Ignatova down and follows a brave Bulgarian journalist who’s faced grave threats trying to get to the truth.
Did the missing Cryptoqueen run with the money, or was she fatally targeted by the very people that were supposed to protect her?
00:00 The story so far
02:20 The Cryptoqueen
06:00 Financial revolution?
09:05 The Hunter
12:36 The Spy
14:00 Are they onto me?
19:05 Ruja vanishes
22:51 Murky finances
24:10 Extortion
28:28 Organised crime
32:25 Meet Dimitar
37:46 Most Wanted Woman
41:30 Vanished or victim?
43:30 Secret document
47:00 Cape Town horror