Foreign media: OneCoin fraud fugitive Ruja Ignatova may be hiding in Russia

Odaily Planet Daily News: According to a BBC investigative journalist specializing in Kremlin affairs, the missing "crypto queen" Ruja Ignatova may be hiding in Russia to evade criminal charges. She once founded a fraudulent cryptocurrency "pyramid scheme" called OneCoin, which is believed to have defrauded investors of approximately $4 billion. She went missing in 2017 and there have been no public leads since then. Another journalist, Yoran Tsalov, revealed that Ignatova has connections with multiple individuals and interest groups within the Kremlin. Tsalov claimed that these associations were confirmed in an interview with BBC by Frank Schneider, former security advisor at Ignatova. Schneider was once a spy in Switzerland, but later founded a private investigation company and was employed by OneCoin. Due to his association with the operation, he was placed under house arrest in France and subsequently began to flee in 2023. In addition, Tsalov stated that the BBC's ongoing investigation confirms that some companies laundering money through OneCoin have connections with former pro Russian Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich. In 2019, the Supreme Court of Ukraine sentenced Yanukovich to 13 years in prison for treason in absentia. It is widely believed that he obtained a vast network of overseas assets through corrupt means. （Decrypt）