3. More Than Just a Coin

The Missing Cryptoqueen

BBC

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, Unknown

4.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In Spring this year, something unexpected happened. On March 6th 2019, Dr Ruja's brother Konstantin was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport and charged with money laundering and fraud in connection with OneCoin. Dr Ruja was also charged in absentia, and US authorities declared OneCoin a fraud. We thought this could be the end of OneCoin, and our search. It wasn't. Why?

The Missing Cryptoqueen is an eight-part series for BBC Sounds, with new episodes every Thursday.

Presenter: Jamie Bartlett Producer: Georgia Catt Story Consultant: Chris Berube Editor: Philip Sellars Original music and sound design: Phil Channell Original music and vocals: Dessislava Stefanova and the London Bulgarian Choir

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:04.6	Quick warning before we begin.
0:06.4	This episode contains strong language.
0:08.9	When Dr. Rouge disappeared in October 2017, her younger brother Constantine, a tattooed
0:20.8	bodybuilder who was her personal assistant,
0:23.6	took over one coin and carried on where his big sister had left off.
0:28.6	On March the 6th 2019 2019, Constantine was at Los Angeles International Airport
0:36.9	waiting to fly back to Bulgaria after having attended some one coin meetings
0:42.1	in the United States. Just as he was boarding
0:45.4	his Turkish Airlines flight to Istanbul, Constantine was pounced on by FBI agents
0:51.0	arrested and charged with money laundering and fraud in connection with one coin.
0:57.8	As this program airs, Constantine is in prison in New York awaiting a pretrial hearing.
1:04.0	On the same day, the US authorities charged Dr. Rousia
1:11.0	in absentia and declared one coin a fraud.
1:17.1	Could this be the end of one coin?
1:20.8	spoiler alert, no. No.
1:24.0	This is just the beginning.
1:29.0	Episode 3.
1:31.0	More than just a coin.
1:34.0	One family!
1:36.0	You're amazing guys!
1:38.0	In 2014, a 34-year-old business genius called Dr. Rougea ignatova
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