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The Missing Cryptoqueen

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime

4.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

It’s been eight years since Dr Ruja Ignatova persuaded millions to join her financial revolution, before disappearing. Jamie Bartlett picks up the story of the now FBI-wanted fugitive; following a trail of greed, deceit, and herd madness.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts.
0:07.2	It's been eight years since cryptocurrency visionary Dr. Ruzha Ignativa stepped off an early morning
0:14.9	Ryan Air Flight from Sofia Bulgaria to Athens, Greece, and disappeared.
0:25.6	She didn't react on the email, not on the WhatsApp or nothing. Nothing helped.
0:26.6	And nobody knew where is Dr. Roussa?
0:30.6	Not only is Dr Ruzha still missing, she's now a fugitive,
0:35.6	currently the only woman at large on the FBI's 10 most wanted list.
0:43.3	She's wanted for pulling off a giant cryptocurrency scam, one that we unraveled in this podcast all the way back in 2019.
0:52.3	One family! You're amazing, guys.
0:56.5	Back then, it felt like Rousia was close.
0:59.5	This is her.
1:00.3	This is, yeah, something.
1:01.7	It's possible that she could have been there,
1:04.9	maybe even closer than we realized.
1:07.8	She was there at Miss One Life, sitting at the table.
1:10.5	You've seen her without knowing it was her.
1:12.0	You were in the same room.
1:14.1	The very same woman is now sitting on an FBI list
1:18.0	next to alleged murderers and cartel bosses.
1:23.3	Called up the restaurant in Athens.
1:26.9	In our search for Dr. Ruzha, we don't quite have the same resources as the FBI.
1:33.3	Was it worth cycling over for?
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