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The notorious OneCoin Ponzi scheme founder Ruja Ignatova's London penthouse is listed for sale with a guide price of between £11 million to £2.5 million. Ignatova, also known as the "missing Cryptoqueen," reportedly claimed ownership of the property last week. She has been declared missing since 2017 when US officials issued a warrant for her arrest after masterminding a £3.2 billion cryptocurrency scam.
Ruja Ignatova- "Cryptoqueen" and OneCoin Founder
Ruja Ignatova, who has been declared missing since 2017 when US officials issued a warrant for her arrest, was the founder of OneCoin, a Bulgarian firm that sold and marketed a cryptocurrency of the same name. Investigations by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies have described OneCoin as “one of the largest ponzi schemes in history.” A ponzi scheme is a form of fraud that entices investors and pays profits to earlier investors with funds from more recent investors. The disgraced founder of OneCoin is believed to have stayed at the property briefly in 2016. However, the property has since largely remained empty, other than occasional visits by people connected with OneCoin, including her brother Konstantin.
Ignatova's London Residence is Owned by Abbots House Penthouse Limited
Located in the exclusive Abbots House apartment building in Kensington, the property is described as “an impressive four-bedroom penthouse” and is listed with a guide price of between £11 million to £2.5 million, less than the figure that Ignatova reportedly paid for it. The property is owned by Abbots House Penthouse Limited, an anonymous Guernsey shell company, meaning that Ignatova’s name does not have to appear on land registry deeds or in public records. The flat has been put up for sale by Knight Frank, a British independent real estate consultancy. Jamie Bartlett, the host of The Missing Cryptoqueen podcast, said the news was one of the most interesting developments in the story.