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Ruja Ignatova

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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), also known by the nickname "Cryptoqueen", is a Bulgarian-German entrepreneur and con artist best known as one of the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, and as the founder of the fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme OneCoin, which The Times described as "one of the biggest scams in history." She was the subject of the 2019 BBC podcast series The Missing Cryptoqueen and the 2022 book of the same name. Ignatova boarded a Ryanair flight to Athens on October 25, 2017, and has not been seen since. Since her disappearance, Ignatova has long been presumed to be on the run from various international law enforcement agencies. The FBI has offered up to five million dollars for any information leading to her arrest. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Ruja Ignatova is the 504th most popular businessperson (up from 637th in 2024), the 191st most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 247th in 2019) and the most popular Bulgarian Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Ruja Ignatova ranks 504 out of 847. Before her are Anders Frisk, Mike Lindell, Carl Icahn, Petr Kellner, Gregory Olsen, and Astor family. After her are Jerry Buss, Helen Walton, Jared Isaacman, Émile Étienne Guimet, Vladimir Gusinsky, and Pierre Omidyar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Ruja Ignatova ranks 79. Before her are Ben Whishaw, Simon Helberg, Suella Braverman, Randy Orton, Pau Gasol, and Gabriel Milito. After her are Dani Güiza, Zooey Deschanel, Monica, Yasuhito Endō, Nur Fettahoğlu, and Brett Goldstein.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Ruja Ignatova ranks 191 out of 415. Before her are Konstantin Muraviev (1893), Dobri Bozhilov (1884), Andrey Toshev (1867), Petko Karavelov (1843), Nora Nova (1928), and Stoyan Danev (1858). After her are Cyril of Bulgaria (1901), Dora Gabe (1888), Rusev (1984), Elisaveta Bagriana (1893), Nikola Mushanov (1872), and Stefan Bozhkov (1923).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Bulgaria

Among businesspeople born in Bulgaria, Ruja Ignatova ranks 1. 

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