Matthew Miller, spokesman for the US State Department, has announced a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the capture of "crypto thief" Ruzha Ignatova.
This is a new development in the ongoing saga of Ignatova, who is behind the massive OneCoin cryptocurrency scam. Yesterday, Sofia Globe reported that Bulgaria has indicted Ignatova in absentia to seize her ill-gotten properties.
In July 2022. Ignatova was added to the FBI’s “most wanted persons” list, with a $100,000 reward for information leading to her arrest. She also appears on a similar Europol list.
Despite rumors that it was a pyramid scheme, it continued to attract investors until the market was abruptly shut down in early 2017, leaving investors with worthless tokens and losses totaling nearly $4 billion.
There are theories that Ignatova may have been murdered or drastically altered her appearance through cosmetic surgery.
Ignatova, an ethnic Bulgarian, was once very popular, even filling London’s Wembley Arena with thousands of people in 2016. She disappeared in 2017 and her whereabouts remain unknown.
Chris Larsen, the co-founder of Ripple, suffered a significant financial blow in 2024 when he lost over $661 million worth of XRP due to a security breach in the password management system LastPass.
Venture capitalist and Mission Gate founder George Bachiashvili is now facing imprisonment in Georgia after a court revoked his bail.
Hackers have exploited a vulnerability in DeFi aggregator 1inch’s resolver smart contract, leading to losses of over $5 million, according to blockchain security firm SlowMist.
Tether has taken a significant step by freezing $27 million worth of USDt on the Russian crypto exchange Garantex, which has led to the platform halting its operations.