Cryptoqueen: The OneCoin Scam

Oct 22, 2022

1h 30m

★ 7.0

The OneCoin Scam

Overview

When, in 2014, the charismatic German-Bulgarian Ruja Ignatova introduced OneCoin, a new cryptocurrency, she claimed that it was destined to become the world's most important digital currency and would change the course of history.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

WDR

a&o buero

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Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

Nina Goldberg

Self - Narrator (voice)

Mac Kasperek

Self - Narrator (voice)

Daniela Bette Koch

Self - Narrator (voice)

Michael Che Koch

Self - Narrator (voice)

Andreas Meese

Self

Ruja Ignatova

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