描述
OneCoin is a Ponzi scheme promoted as a cryptocoin with a private blockchain, by offshore companies OneCoin Ltd (Dubai) and OneLife Network Ltd (Belize), both founded by Ruja Ignatova in concert with Sebastian Greenwood.[3] OneCoin is considered a Ponzi scheme, both due to its organisational structure and because of many of the people who are central to OneCoin have previously been involved in other similar Ponzi schemes.[4][5] US prosecutors have alleged the scheme brought in ~$4 billion worldwide from victims.[6] In China, law enforcement recovered 1.7 billion yuan (US$267.5 million) while prosecuting 98 people for the scam.[7] Ruja Ignatova disappeared in 2017 and was replaced by her brother Konstantin Ignatov near the time a secret US warrant was filed for her arrest. The majority of the top leaders have now disappeared or have been arrested. Konstantin Ignatov was arrested in March 2019 and Sebastian Greenwood in 2018.