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{"actor":"system:backfill","investigation_id":"2a4d9ed1-6251-4571-ad83-62cbf44d238d","kind":"publish","page_slug":"onecoin","published_at":"2026-05-30T13:02:42.944Z","sequence_num":3,"snapshot":{"content_type":"investigation","entity_name":"OneCoin","sections":[{"content":"OneCoin was a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme operated through two offshore entities: OneCoin Ltd, based in Bulgaria and registered in Dubai, and OneLife Network Ltd, registered in Belize. The scheme was founded in 2014 by Bulgarian-German national Ruja Ignatova and Karl Sebastian Greenwood. Rather than operating as a genuine decentralized cryptocurrency, OneCoin ran on a centralized private server database controlled by its founders. Investors were solicited through the sale of 'educational packages' ranging in price from 100 euros to as much as 225,500 euros, which were bundled with tokens that could allegedly be converted into OneCoins. Content in these packages was subsequently found to have been largely plagiarized from free sources including Wikipedia. The scheme used a multilevel marketing structure in which promoters earned commissions for recruiting new investors, enabling rapid expansion across Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America.","heading":"Overview and Structure","severity":"critical","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"OneCoin - Wikipedia","type":"other","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OneCoin"},{"credibility":2,"name":"The OneCoin Scam: the Dazzling Story of the Biggest Crypto Ponzi in History - CoinMarketCap","type":"news_article","url":"https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/article/the-onecoin-scam-the-dazzling-story-of-the-biggest-crypto-ponzi-in-history"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Leaders of OneCoin - DOJ SDNY","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/manhattan-us-attorney-announces-charges-against-leaders-onecoin-multibillion-dollar"}]},{"content":"Federal prosecutors and independent investigators have established that OneCoin never operated on a real blockchain. Unlike genuine cryptocurrencies, OneCoin maintained a centralized private database on its own servers and had no mining process. According to the U.S. Department of Justice indictment, by approximately March 2015, Ignatova and Greenwood had begun allocating to members coins that did not exist even in OneCoin's purported private blockchain, which internal company communications referred to as 'fake coins.' Investors were not permitted to verify the existence of their holdings, and the scheme did not allow public or independent verification of any transaction record. The Central Bank of Samoa described OneCoin as a very-high-risk pyramid scheme. Internal evidence revealed that Ignatova and Greenwood were fully aware from the outset that OneCoin was designed to defraud investors.","heading":"No Real Blockchain: The Core Fraud","severity":"critical","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"OneCoin Exposed: How a Fake Blockchain Enabled a $4 Billion Ponzi Scheme - Cryptodamus","type":"news_article","url":"https://cryptodamus.io/en/articles/news/onecoin-s-missing-blockchain-the-shocking-truth-behind-the-4-billion-scam"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Warning Shot: Charges Against OneCoin Include Securities Fraud - Proskauer Rose LLP","type":"research","url":"https://www.proskauer.com/blog/warning-shot-charges-against-onecoin-include-securities-fraud"},{"credibility":2,"name":"OneCoin Fraud Scheme - AML Network","type":"research","url":"https://amlnetwork.org/watchdog-database/cryptocurrency-laundering/onecoin-fraud-scheme/"}]},{"content":"The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) brought multiple criminal prosecutions related to OneCoin. In March 2019, the Manhattan U.S. Attorney unsealed indictments against Ruja Ignatova and others on wire fraud, securities fraud, and money laundering charges relating to the alleged multi-billion-dollar pyramid scheme. Ignatova was charged with eight counts including wire fraud and securities fraud. Konstantin Ignatov, Ruja's younger brother who took over as public face of OneCoin after her disappearance, was arrested in March 2019 and subsequently pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and conspiracy to commit bank fraud. He became a cooperating government witness, testifying at the November 2019 trial of Mark Scott. Karl Sebastian Greenwood pleaded guilty in December 2022 to wire fraud conspiracy and conspiracy to commit money laundering, and was sentenced in September 2023 to 20 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $300 million by U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos. Mark Scott, a former equity partner at law firm Locke Lord LLP, was convicted in November 2019 of conspiracy to commit money laundering and bank fraud for laundering approximately $400 million in OneCoin fraud proceeds through fabricated private equity funds in the British Virgin Islands known as the 'Fenero Funds.' Scott was sentenced to 10 years in prison.","heading":"DOJ Charges and Criminal Prosecutions","severity":"critical","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Leaders of OneCoin - DOJ SDNY","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/manhattan-us-attorney-announces-charges-against-leaders-onecoin-multibillion-dollar"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Bulgarian Woman Charged For Role In Multi-Billion-Dollar Cryptocurrency Pyramid Scheme OneCoin - DOJ SDNY","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/bulgarian-woman-charged-role-multi-billion-dollar-cryptocurrency-pyramid-scheme-onecoin"},{"credibility":2,"name":"OneCoin Co-Founder Karl Greenwood Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison - CoinDesk","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/09/13/onecoin-co-founder-karl-greenwood-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Co-founder of $4 billion crypto fraud scheme gets 20 years in prison - CNBC","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/12/cryptoqueen-partner-gets-20-years-prison-in-4-billion-ponzi-fraud.html"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Former Partner of Locke Lord LLP Convicted of Money Laundering in Connection with OneCoin - DOJ SDNY","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/former-partner-locke-lord-llp-convicted-manhattan-federal-court-conspiracy-commit-money"},{"credibility":2,"name":"OneCoin Co-Founder Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud, Money Laundering - Decrypt","type":"news_article","url":"https://decrypt.co/117463/onecoin-co-founder-pleads-guilty"},{"credibility":2,"name":"OneCoin Founder's Brother Faces 90-Year Jail Term After Plea Deal - CoinDesk","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2019/11/14/onecoin-founders-brother-faces-90-year-jail-term-after-plea-deal"},{"credibility":2,"name":"OneCoin lawyer Mark Scott sentenced to 10 years in prison - The Record","type":"news_article","url":"https://therecord.media/lawyer-gets-10-year-sentence-for-laundering-onecoin-scam-funds"}]},{"content":"Ruja Ignatova, known publicly as the 'Cryptoqueen,' is a Bulgarian-German national born in 1980. She was the primary architect and public face of the OneCoin scheme. On October 25, 2017, Ignatova boarded a Ryanair flight from Sofia, Bulgaria to Athens, Greece and has not been seen publicly since. A federal grand jury in the Southern District of New York issued a warrant for her arrest in October 2017 on wire fraud and money laundering charges. In June 2022, the FBI added Ignatova to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, making her the only woman on the list at that time. The U.S. Department of State has offered a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to her arrest and/or conviction, increased from an earlier reward of $250,000. The U.S. Embassy in Bulgaria has also publicized the reward. Her current whereabouts remain unknown as of 2026.","heading":"Ruja Ignatova: Disappearance and FBI Most Wanted Status","severity":"critical","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"Up to $5 Million Reward Offer for Information Leading to Arrest of 'Cryptoqueen' Ruja Ignatova - FBI","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/newyork/news/up-to-5-million-reward-offer-for-information-leading-to-arrest-and-or-conviction-of-ten-most-wanted-fugitive-cryptoqueen-ruja-ignatova"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Reward for Information: German National Ruja Ignatova - U.S. Department of State","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.state.gov/reward-for-information-german-national-ruja-ignatova"},{"credibility":1,"name":"How 'Cryptoqueen' Ruja Ignatova ended up as the only woman on the FBI's most-wanted list - CNN Business","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/22/business/ruja-ignatova-cryptoqueen-fbi-most-wanted-cec/index.html"},{"credibility":2,"name":"US boosts reward for info on 'Missing Cryptoqueen' Ruja Ignatova to $5 million - The Record","type":"news_article","url":"https://therecord.media/ruja-ignatova-onecoin-cryptoqueen-us-5million-reward"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Ruja Ignatova - Wikipedia","type":"other","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruja_Ignatova"}]},{"content":"U.S. federal prosecutors alleged that OneCoin defrauded approximately 3.5 million investors worldwide of over $4 billion between 2014 and 2019. The scheme spread rapidly across Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America through its multilevel marketing distribution network. Documented enforcement actions occurred across multiple jurisdictions: Chinese authorities arrested several members and seized approximately $30.8 million in assets in 2016; Indian police arrested 18 individuals in Navi Mumbai in April 2017 for organizing a OneCoin recruitment event; and Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) issued cease and desist orders in April 2017. In August 2024, the London High Court issued worldwide freezing orders on assets belonging to Ignatova and seven associates following a civil claim brought by over 400 investors represented by law firm Mishcon de Reya LLP. In April 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a compensation process for victims, making approximately $40 million in forfeited assets available for distribution — representing approximately one cent for every dollar allegedly stolen. The deadline for filing petitions is June 30, 2026, administered through onecoinremission.com by Kroll Settlement Administration LLC. Eligible claimants must have purchased OneCoin between 2014 and 2019 and suffered net losses.","heading":"Global Victim Impact","severity":"critical","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"DOJ opens $40 million OneCoin victim claims after $4 billion global crypto fraud - CoinDesk","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/04/14/u-s-doj-opens-up-claim-process-for-victims-of-onecoin-s-usd4-billion-fraud-case"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Justice Department Announces Compensation Process for OneCoin Fraud Victims - DOJ","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-compensation-process-onecoin-fraud-victims-funds-recovered"},{"credibility":1,"name":"A UK court ordered a global asset freeze for the 'Cryptoqueen' and her OneCoin associates - ICIJ","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.icij.org/news/2024/08/a-uk-court-ordered-a-global-asset-freeze-for-the-cryptoqueen-and-her-onecoin-associates/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"OneCoin - Wikipedia","type":"other","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OneCoin"}]},{"content":"Proceeds from the OneCoin scheme were laundered through an elaborate network of offshore structures. Mark Scott, a former equity partner at Locke Lord LLP, created a series of fake private equity funds in the British Virgin Islands known as the 'Fenero Funds,' which were used to launder approximately $400 million in OneCoin fraud proceeds through accounts in the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, and the United Arab Emirates. Scott made approximately $50 million personally from the laundering operation. Investigations by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) as part of the 'Dubai Unlocked' project revealed that Ignatova and at least 11 associates purchased luxury properties in Dubai worth millions while promoting the scheme. Two London properties purchased through Guernsey companies linked to Ignatova were among the assets targeted by the 2024 UK High Court freezing order. As of April 2026, the DOJ has recovered and made available $40 million in forfeited assets for victim compensation, a small fraction of the total alleged losses.","heading":"Money Laundering and Asset Recovery","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"Former Partner of Locke Lord LLP Convicted of Money Laundering - DOJ SDNY","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/former-partner-locke-lord-llp-convicted-manhattan-federal-court-conspiracy-commit-money"},{"credibility":2,"name":"OneCoin's Lawyer Gets a Decade in Jail - Finance Magnates","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/onecoins-lawyer-gets-a-decade-in-jail-for-laundering-400-million/"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Top Crypto Scammers Managed to Sell Dubai Properties After Being Charged - OCCRP","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.occrp.org/en/project/dubai-unlocked/top-crypto-scammers-managed-to-sell-dubai-properties-after-being-charged"},{"credibility":1,"name":"A UK court ordered a global asset freeze for the 'Cryptoqueen' and her OneCoin associates - ICIJ","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.icij.org/news/2024/08/a-uk-court-ordered-a-global-asset-freeze-for-the-cryptoqueen-and-her-onecoin-associates/"}]}],"sources_used":[{"credibility":2,"name":"OneCoin - Wikipedia","type":"other","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OneCoin"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Ruja Ignatova - Wikipedia","type":"other","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruja_Ignatova"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Leaders of OneCoin - DOJ SDNY","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/manhattan-us-attorney-announces-charges-against-leaders-onecoin-multibillion-dollar"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Bulgarian Woman Charged For Role In Multi-Billion-Dollar Cryptocurrency Pyramid Scheme OneCoin - DOJ SDNY","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/bulgarian-woman-charged-role-multi-billion-dollar-cryptocurrency-pyramid-scheme-onecoin"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Former Partner of Locke Lord LLP Convicted of Money Laundering - DOJ SDNY","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/former-partner-locke-lord-llp-convicted-manhattan-federal-court-conspiracy-commit-money"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Justice Department Announces Compensation Process for OneCoin Fraud Victims - DOJ","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-compensation-process-onecoin-fraud-victims-funds-recovered"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Up to $5 Million Reward Offer for 'Cryptoqueen' Ruja Ignatova - FBI","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/newyork/news/up-to-5-million-reward-offer-for-information-leading-to-arrest-and-or-conviction-of-ten-most-wanted-fugitive-cryptoqueen-ruja-ignatova"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Reward for Information: German National Ruja Ignatova - U.S. Department of State","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.state.gov/reward-for-information-german-national-ruja-ignatova"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Co-founder of $4 billion crypto fraud scheme gets 20 years in prison - CNBC","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/12/cryptoqueen-partner-gets-20-years-prison-in-4-billion-ponzi-fraud.html"},{"credibility":1,"name":"How 'Cryptoqueen' Ruja Ignatova ended up as the only woman on the FBI's most-wanted list - CNN Business","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/22/business/ruja-ignatova-cryptoqueen-fbi-most-wanted-cec/index.html"},{"credibility":1,"name":"A UK court ordered a global asset freeze for the 'Cryptoqueen' and her OneCoin associates - ICIJ","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.icij.org/news/2024/08/a-uk-court-ordered-a-global-asset-freeze-for-the-cryptoqueen-and-her-onecoin-associates/"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Top Crypto Scammers Managed to Sell Dubai Properties After Being Charged - OCCRP","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.occrp.org/en/project/dubai-unlocked/top-crypto-scammers-managed-to-sell-dubai-properties-after-being-charged"},{"credibility":2,"name":"OneCoin Co-Founder Karl Greenwood Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison - CoinDesk","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/09/13/onecoin-co-founder-karl-greenwood-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison"},{"credibility":2,"name":"DOJ opens $40 million OneCoin victim claims after $4 billion global crypto fraud - CoinDesk","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/04/14/u-s-doj-opens-up-claim-process-for-victims-of-onecoin-s-usd4-billion-fraud-case"},{"credibility":2,"name":"OneCoin co-founder pleads guilty to $4 billion fraud - The Register","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.theregister.com/2022/12/20/crypto_ponzi_scheme_cofounder_pleads/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"OneCoin Co-Founder Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud, Money Laundering - Decrypt","type":"news_article","url":"https://decrypt.co/117463/onecoin-co-founder-pleads-guilty"},{"credibility":2,"name":"US boosts reward for 'Missing Cryptoqueen' Ruja Ignatova to $5 million - The Record","type":"news_article","url":"https://therecord.media/ruja-ignatova-onecoin-cryptoqueen-us-5million-reward"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Lawyer gets 10-year sentence for laundering OneCoin scam proceeds - The Record","type":"news_article","url":"https://therecord.media/lawyer-gets-10-year-sentence-for-laundering-onecoin-scam-funds"},{"credibility":2,"name":"OneCoin Founder's Brother Faces 90-Year Jail Term After Plea Deal - CoinDesk","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2019/11/14/onecoin-founders-brother-faces-90-year-jail-term-after-plea-deal"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Warning Shot: Charges Against OneCoin Include Securities Fraud - Proskauer Rose LLP","type":"research","url":"https://www.proskauer.com/blog/warning-shot-charges-against-onecoin-include-securities-fraud"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Inside the FBI Podcast: Top Ten Fugitive Ruja Ignatova - FBI","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.fbi.gov/news/podcasts/inside-the-fbi-podcast-top-ten-fugitive-ruja-ignatova"}],"summary":"OneCoin was a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme founded in 2014 by Ruja Ignatova ('Cryptoqueen') and Karl Sebastian Greenwood, which defrauded approximately 3.5 million investors worldwide of over $4 billion. The scheme operated through a fake private blockchain and multilevel marketing network before collapsing in 2017. Greenwood was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2023; Ignatova remains a fugitive on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list with a $5 million reward for information leading to her arrest.","timeline":[{"date":"2014-08-01","event":"OneCoin founded by Ruja Ignatova and Karl Sebastian Greenwood; scheme launched through sale of 'educational packages' bundled with tokens","source":"OneCoin - Wikipedia","source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OneCoin"},{"date":"2015-03-01","event":"Ignatova and Greenwood allegedly begin allocating coins that did not exist even in OneCoin's private database, internally referred to as 'fake coins,' according to DOJ indictment","source":"Warning Shot: Charges Against OneCoin Include Securities Fraud - Proskauer Rose LLP","source_url":"https://www.proskauer.com/blog/warning-shot-charges-against-onecoin-include-securities-fraud"},{"date":"2016-01-01","event":"Chinese authorities arrest OneCoin members and seize approximately $30.8 million in assets","source":"OneCoin - Wikipedia","source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OneCoin"},{"date":"2017-04-01","event":"Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) issues cease and desist orders against OneCoin","source":"OneCoin - Wikipedia","source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OneCoin"},{"date":"2017-04-01","event":"Indian police arrest 18 individuals in Navi Mumbai for organizing a OneCoin recruitment event","source":"OneCoin - Wikipedia","source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OneCoin"},{"date":"2017-10-25","event":"Ruja Ignatova boards a Ryanair flight from Sofia, Bulgaria to Athens, Greece and disappears; has not been seen publicly since","source":"Ruja Ignatova - Wikipedia","source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruja_Ignatova"},{"date":"2017-10-01","event":"Federal grand jury in SDNY issues arrest warrant for Ruja Ignatova on wire fraud and money laundering charges","source":"Ruja Ignatova - Wikipedia","source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruja_Ignatova"},{"date":"2019-03-06","event":"Konstantin Ignatov (Ruja's brother) arrested at Los Angeles International Airport; Manhattan U.S. Attorney unseals indictments against OneCoin leadership","source":"Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Leaders of OneCoin - DOJ","source_url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/manhattan-us-attorney-announces-charges-against-leaders-onecoin-multibillion-dollar"},{"date":"2019-10-04","event":"Konstantin Ignatov pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and conspiracy to commit bank fraud; becomes cooperating government witness","source":"OneCoin Founder's Brother Faces 90-Year Jail Term After Plea Deal - CoinDesk","source_url":"https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2019/11/14/onecoin-founders-brother-faces-90-year-jail-term-after-plea-deal"},{"date":"2019-11-21","event":"Mark Scott convicted of conspiracy to commit money laundering and bank fraud for laundering $400 million in OneCoin proceeds through the 'Fenero Funds'","source":"Former Partner of Locke Lord LLP Convicted - DOJ SDNY","source_url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/former-partner-locke-lord-llp-convicted-manhattan-federal-court-conspiracy-commit-money"},{"date":"2022-06-01","event":"FBI adds Ruja Ignatova to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list; initial reward set at $100,000 then raised to $250,000","source":"FBI Offers $100,000 Reward for Capture of 'Cryptoqueen' - FBI","source_url":"https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/newyork/news/press-releases/fbi-offers-100000-reward-for-capture-of-ten-most-wanted-fugitive-cryptoqueen"},{"date":"2022-12-20","event":"Karl Sebastian Greenwood pleads guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and conspiracy to commit money laundering","source":"OneCoin co-founder pleads guilty to $4 billion fraud - The Register","source_url":"https://www.theregister.com/2022/12/20/crypto_ponzi_scheme_cofounder_pleads/"},{"date":"2023-04-04","event":"Mark Scott sentenced to 10 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos","source":"Lawyer gets 10-year sentence for laundering OneCoin scam proceeds - The Record","source_url":"https://therecord.media/lawyer-gets-10-year-sentence-for-laundering-onecoin-scam-funds"},{"date":"2023-09-12","event":"Karl Sebastian Greenwood sentenced to 20 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $300 million by U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos in SDNY","source":"Co-founder of $4 billion crypto fraud scheme gets 20 years in prison - CNBC","source_url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/12/cryptoqueen-partner-gets-20-years-prison-in-4-billion-ponzi-fraud.html"},{"date":"2024-06-01","event":"U.S. Department of State increases reward for information on Ruja Ignatova to $5 million","source":"US boosts reward for info on 'Missing Cryptoqueen' Ruja Ignatova to $5 million - The Record","source_url":"https://therecord.media/ruja-ignatova-onecoin-cryptoqueen-us-5million-reward"},{"date":"2024-08-01","event":"London High Court issues worldwide freezing orders on assets belonging to Ignatova and seven associates, following civil claim by over 400 OneCoin investors","source":"A UK court ordered a global asset freeze for the 'Cryptoqueen' and her OneCoin associates - ICIJ","source_url":"https://www.icij.org/news/2024/08/a-uk-court-ordered-a-global-asset-freeze-for-the-cryptoqueen-and-her-onecoin-associates/"},{"date":"2026-04-14","event":"U.S. DOJ announces compensation process for OneCoin victims; $40 million in forfeited assets made available; filing deadline set for June 30, 2026","source":"Justice Department Announces Compensation Process for OneCoin Fraud Victims - DOJ","source_url":"https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-compensation-process-onecoin-fraud-victims-funds-recovered"}]},"v":1}