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Beyond Today

Cryptoqueen: why did she disappear?

Beyond Today

BBC

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4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Dr Ruja Ignatova is the founder of the cryptocurrency One Coin that promised to change money forever. Within two years of launching the company she claimed to have 3.5 million members and hundreds of thousands of investors, with offices all round the world holding events and seminars in major cities. She even packed out Wembley Arena. But in 2017 Dr Ruja got a plane to Athens and hasn't been seen since. Georgia Catt, a BBC producer, and technology writer Jamie Bartlett have been on the search for Dr Ruja for the last year and have just started a podcast series about their investigation for BBC Sounds. They came into the Beyond Today studio to tell us all about her. Presented by Tina Daheley Producer: Philly Beaumont Mixed by Nicolas Raufast Editor: John Shields

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.

0:04.6

Hello, I'm Tina Deheili and this is Beyond Today where we ask one big question about one big story.

0:14.0

Today, why did the crypto queen disappear?

0:26.0

You've probably never heard of Dr Rougea Ignatova.

0:37.0

She's a founder of cryptocurrency One Coin that promised to change money forever.

0:42.0

Within two years of launching, the company claimed... promise to change money forever.

0:43.0

Within two years of launching, the company claimed to have 3.5 million members and hundreds

0:48.1

of thousands of investors with offices all around the world, holding events and seminars in major cities.

0:54.6

She even packed out Wembley Arena.

0:57.0

Let's give a warm applause for our Creator, our founder, our lovely Dr. Rouge.

1:07.0

But in 2017, Dr. Rouge got on a plane to Athens and

1:11.0

Dr. Rouge got on a plane to Athens and hasn't been seen since.

1:16.8

Georgia Cat, a BBC producer and technology writer Jamie Bartlett,

1:21.2

have been on the search for Dr. Rouge for the last year and

1:24.8

have just started a podcast series about their investigation for the World Service.

1:29.8

They came into the Beyond Today studio to tell us all about her. I describe her as looking like a mix

1:34.9

between Bell from Beauty and the Beast and Steve Jobs. Very glamorous but very severe business always dressed up looking like a

1:46.1

superstar really long gowns bright red lipstick sort of her signature thing long

1:51.1

wavy black hair here it is I've got a picture of her here. I'm going to send it over.

1:54.8

Georgia? Maybe you can describe it too. Your impressions of her?

1:57.9

Glossy. Very, very glossy and yeah always in these very over-the-top outfits and one of the things that we found

2:09.1

out speaking to somebody who worked with her was that she dresses like this in these ball gowns with the

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