FBI bumps Ruja Ignatova’s arrest bounty to $250,000

Ruja Ignatova’s arrest bounty has been bumped to $250,000.

When Ignatova was
added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list
in July 2022, the original bounty was $100,000.

Given OneCoin was a
$4 billion Ponzi scheme
, this seemed a little on the light side. $250,000 isn’t comparatively significant but is nonetheless more than the original bounty offered.

Ignatova’s arrest bounty increasing is unfortunately not specific to the ongoing OneCoin investigation.

The FBI
announced last month
that “it is now offering up to $250,000 for information leading to the arrest of a Ten Most Wanted Fugitive.”

Ignatova’s FBI Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitive entry cites her aliases as “Dr. Ruja Ignatova, Ruja Plamenova Ignatova, Ruja P. Ignatova and CryptoQueen”.

Ignatova was born on May 30th, 1980 in Bulgaria. She has dark brown to black hair, brown eyes and speaks English, German and Bulgarian.

Ignatova served as OneCoin’s top leader through October 2017. On October 25, 2017, Ignatova traveled from Sofia, Bulgaria, to Athens, Greece, and may have traveled elsewhere after that.

She may travel on a German passport to the United Arab Emirates, Bulgaria, Germany, Russia, Greece and/or Eastern Europe.

There have been reports Ignatova, if she’s still alive, has undergone significant cosmetic procedures to alter her appearance. These reports remain unconfirmed.

Earlier this year two BIRD journalists reported Ignatova was
murdered on a yacht
in 2018. The theory was based on a police report sourced from the safe of a murdered Bulgarian detective.

Both the hit and detective’s murder have ties to Bulgarian crimelord Christophoros Amanatidis-Taki.

Last month Karimir Nikolaev Kemnov, his wife and two other victims were
gunned down in South Africa
. Kemnov, a former associate of Taki’s, is believed to have been assisting US authorities with their OneCoin investigation.

As the body count rises around him, it appears Taki is tying up loose ends. I can’t say for sure but it’s likely he knows if Ruja Ignatova is still alive, or what happened to her.

Taki is believed to be hiding out in Dubai. Bulgarian authorities are not investigating the notorious crimelord, largely thanks to Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev
shielding OneCoin and linked criminals and politicians
.

Geshev was
fired
last month by Bulgarian President Rumen Radev. Whether his successor opens a OneCoin investigation and pursues Taki remains to be seen.

Someone else who likely knows where Ruja is or what happened to her is Frank Schneider (right).

Schneider, a former Luxembourg spy master, was
indicted on OneCoin related criminal charges
sometime after 2019.

Schneider’s role within OneCoin was to oversee money laundering and report directly to Ruja Ignatova.

Schneider is believed to have tipped off Ignatova to the FBI’s investigation into her, leading to her
2017 disappearance
.

Schneider purportedly learnt of the FBI’s investigation through intelligence leaked from Bulgarian authorities

🤖 Quick Answer

Who is Ruja Ignatova and why is she on the FBI's Most Wanted list?

What is the current reward for information leading to Ruja Ignatova's arrest?
The FBI has increased the arrest bounty for Ruja Ignatova to $250,000. The reward was originally set at $100,000 when she was added to the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in July 2022. This increase reflects the FBI's standard policy for all Ten Most Wanted Fugit

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