“Cryptoqueen” Ruja Ignatova promised to replace the famous Bitcoin with her cryptocurrency Onecoin. She collected money – then she disappeared. Now her ex-husband has been charged in Germany.
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Dusseldorf There has been no trace of Ruja Ignatova for a good five years. Investigative authorities in various countries are looking for the self-proclaimed “cryptoqueen”, the FBI has even put her on the list of the most wanted criminals – so far without success. Now there is at least progress in the investigation against Ignatova’s former husband: According to information from the Handelsblatt, the Darmstadt public prosecutor’s office has accused the lawyer.
“I can report that the public prosecutor’s office has brought charges against a 44-year-old man from Neu-Isenburg to the large criminal division of the Darmstadt Regional Court. It’s about the allegation of money laundering in three cases,” said the spokesman for the authorities when asked, without naming or confirming the person’s name. According to the findings of the public prosecutor’s office, the lawyer is said to have laundered money originating from the fraud with the alleged cryptocurrency Onecoin.
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