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Watch – Is the ‘cryptoqueen’, Ruja Ignatova, hiding in South Africa?

Daily Maverick previously uncovered possible links between fugitive ‘cryptoqueen’ Ruja Ignatova and South Africa, particularly Cape Town. Last year, new clues sparked speculation that Ignatova, wanted globally for her OneCoin cryptocurrency scam, may have been hiding in South Africa, challenging rumours of her murder at sea. Could the elusive mastermind behind one of the world’s biggest scams be closer than we think? Caryn Dolley explains.
Caryn Dolley
By Caryn Dolley
22 Jan
Option 2 (Illustrative image: Daily Maverick)

 

Reporting by: Caryn Dolley
Edited by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Filmed by: Bernard Kotze
Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme
Produced by: Emilie Gambade

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Lucienne Gabriel 23 January 2025 12:37 AM

She is definitely hiding in South Africa, Cape Town.. for sure as this destination is a hotbed for global financial criminal syndicates. It's all to prevalent.

Jane Crankshaw 23 January 2025 07:15 AM

With daily flights between here and Dubai she could well be living between the two countries - rather like all the other crooks in South Africa who seem to have properties in Dubai! Where are the Guptas? Pity our government is not fighting as hard to hold them to account!

Gavin Brown 23 January 2025 07:39 AM

It can't be easy to hide that face - even for our top plastic surgeons ?

amuhnkuna 23 January 2025 11:24 AM

Vito Palazzolo was hiding in RSA. Fulgence Kayishema, an orchestrator of the genocide in Rwanda was hiding in RSA. Now we find out that Bulgarian mafioso is not only pricing South Africans out of the Cape Town housing market but may be harbouring the fugitive Crypto Queen herself. Ja nee!

Indeed Jhb 23 January 2025 01:29 PM

So many foreigners in CT - can hide in plain sight

Donald bemax 26 January 2025 11:30 AM

What is the reward being offered... then I am on it..