Bulgarian Woman Charged in $4B Crypto Fraud Case, Extradited to U.S.
Its co-founder Ruja Ignatova, known as “the Cryptoqueen,” hasn’t been seen since October 2017. She was added to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Top Ten Most Wanted list in 2022, with the agency offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to her arrest.
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