Ruja Ignatova

Ruja Ignatova is the kind of figure I can't look away from even knowing she's a villain. The self-styled "Cryptoqueen" built OneCoin, pulled in billions, and then simply vanished on 25 October 2017, leaving behind what The Times called one of the biggest scams in history. The grim irony is she's a University of Konstanz-educated, German-Bulgarian entrepreneur who turned a real intellect entirely toward fraud. She remains on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, which keeps the "where on earth is she" mystery alive. Brains aimed the wrong way can collapse this spectacularly. It genuinely unnerves me.

Name (English)

Ruja Ignatova

Name (Japanese)

ルジャ・イグナトヴァ

Reading

るじゃ・いぐなとゔぁ

Born

May 30, 1980 (age 46)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Monkey

Origin

Ruse, Bulgaria

Height

2 cm

Occupation

thief / con artist / businessperson

University

University of Konstanz

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B0%E3%83%8A%E3%83%88%E3%83%90

Tags

• Ruse
• thief
• con artist
• businessperson

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.