Authorities say OneCoin was a pyramid scheme that defrauded people out of more than $4 billion as Ignatova convinced investors in the US and around the globe to throw fistfuls of cash at her company.
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Ruja Ignatova launched her cryptocurrency OneCoin with bold statements like, “In two years, nobody will speak about bitcoin anymore.” Investors around the world flooded her with cash, but as OneCoin collapsed under criminal investigations, she boarded a flight to Greece and vanished.