Property documents for a London apartment suggest wanted 'crypto-queen' is alive after allegedly vanishing in 2017 with $4 billion from investors
Listings for a property in the UK may have just located the"crypto-queen" Ruja Ignatova years after her disappearance in 2017.scamming investors out of $4 billion between 2014 and 2016 in a Ponzi scheme
using her now-defunct company OneCoin. She was charged in absentia in 2019 for wire fraud, securities fraud, and money laundering. In October 2017, she vanished until documents related to a penthouse apartment in London seemingly pointed to her whereabouts,The lead was discovered by investigative reporter and host ofJamie Bartlett. He alleges that Ignatova initially purchased the property under a company name, but was forced to be named as the company's beneficiary under a new rule, per the New York Post.
Earlier this month, Ignatova's lawyers filed a formal claim on the property with financial regulators and Ignatova was listed as the apartment's"beneficial owner," the report reads. The penthouse was originally listed for over $15 million before being dropped to around $13 million. The posting was reportedly taken down after the property agent learned of its connection to the fugitive. It remains unclear whether or not the apartment has been sold.
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