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UNBELIEVABLE: Us ups reward for information on missing cryptoqueen to 5 million - The Untold Story

Ruja Ignatova Crypto FBI United States OneCoin BBC World Service BIRD Federal Bureau of Investigation

"Cryptoqueen" Ruja Ignatova is at center of a BBC documentary that looked into the lavish life of the world's most infamous female fugitive. The Missing Cryptoqueen: Dead or Alive? - BBC World Service Documentaries (Credit: BBC World Service YouTube/Screenshot)

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Ignatova's bounty was initially $100,000 but has since climbed to a staggering $5 million
A Bulgarian investigative report revealed early last year that Ignatova was allegedly killed by a crime boss
Cryptoqueen's empire collapsed after several years of defrauding people out of $4 billion

The U.S. Department of State and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have hiked the reward offers to anyone with information that could lead to the arrest or conviction of Ruja Ignatova, notoriously dubbed as the "Cryptoqueen."

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