OneCoin’s Ruja Ignatova added to Interpol’s red notice list
OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova has been added to Interpol’s red notice wanted list.
Ignatova is wanted by Germany, who seek to hold her responsible for “jointly committed especially serious case of fraud (and) money laundering”.
Europol has also put out a wanted notice;
Eurpol is offering a €5000 EUR reward for “any crucial information leading to” Ignatova’s arrest.
I believe this is tied to the German Bielefeld investigation as Bielefeld Prosecutors have also put up a similar notice.
Seeing as OneCoin was a $4 billion Ponzi scheme and Ignatova is believed to have made off with 230,000 BTC, a €5000 EUR reward seems a bit low.
On the other hand OneCoin launched in 2014 and Europe is only just now starting to take it seriously.
Well, sort of. Germany and Italy have filed OneCoin indictments. Top OneCoin earner Igor Alberts still lives freely in the Netherlands. Bulgaria lets OneCoin operate from its local offices in Sofia.
Outside of Europe Ignatova was indicted in the US back in 2017. She is wanted by US authorities and remains a fugitive.
If Ignatova isn’t dead, she’s believed to be hiding out in the UAE or Russia. Between the two my money is on the UAE.
Much easier to fit in with all the other criminals there and the Sheiks will never both you.
Update 15th May 2022 – Wanted posters featuring Ruja Ignatova have started popping up in Germany.
This photo was sent in by a reader, taken at a train station:
Fraud of millions.
Have you got any information about Ignatova’s whereabouts?
The phone number being shown is one of the Regional Criminal Intelligence Service in Dusseldorf.
The coat of arms being shown in the lower left corner of the picture is the one of the police forces of North Rhine-Westphalia of which Dusseldorf is the capital.
BehindMLM reader Melanie has also been doing a stellar job tracking reporting from German media in the comments below.
Expect to see seizure of OneCoin funds and assets and clawbacks in the coming months.
We can haz Igor Alberts’ creepy Dutch palace seized now?
Hey Oz, maybe you want to link to the actual Ruja’s Red Notice, as I can see you link to Europol and German police, but not Interpol.
interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-Red-Notices#2020-9611
Oversight on my part, thanks. Brain fried today.
Only 5k reward for such a big crime. Hope they find here soon. Maybe she is in germany, maybe in russia or in arabic lands. Maybe….
There are more scammers with MLM Networks, they all need to deserve justice.
Ya never know…She could be in Dubai living it up with hyperfund scammers Ryan Xu and Sam Lee.
I’m sorry, but it is almost laughably obscene for this Interpol notice to be issued almost eight years after the most reliable voices were warning anyone and everyone that would listen that Onecoin was a SCAM.
Five years after Ruja Ignatova disappeared?
Is Interpol really as indifferent as Financial Conduct Authority in the UK and ASIC in Australia?
SD
I don’t know how much sway countries have with Interpol, but the German listing comes awfully hot on the heels of Bulgaria dropping Ruja.
Germany: Oi dickheads, this is ridiculous. We need to put Ruja on the Interpol list.
Bulgaria: What? Wait let us check with the maf.. uh, our diplomatic partners.
(time passes)
Germany: Hello?! It’s been years. WE NEED TO PUT RUJA ON THE LIST!
Bulgaria: The maf-… our diplomatic partners say no. the best we can do is revoka Ignatova of citizenship. Then you can list her as a German national.
Germany: Why are you protec- fine, whatever. Send over the paperwork and we’ll get it done.
She is just now being listed on the “public” Interpol Red List,” but that doesn’t mean that she wasn’t on the unpublicized list all these years.
About 80% of all listings of wanted criminals on Interpol are private listed. I believe she has been on this private listing all these years.
It could also mean that the authorities are closing in on her and this just makes it easier to find her.
Same as with Cositorto and Yrimia. Only if caught committing a crime she will be arrested.
Not true. The US has a warrant out for her arrest, and has since 2017.
Ruja Ignatova featured on German true crime show Aktenzeichen XY ungelöst on May 11, 2022.
youtu.be/OS7EttaInE0
computerbild.de/artikel/cb-News-Internet-Fahndung-Onecoin-Erfinderin-weltweit-gesucht-32697949.html
PS: Computerbild magazine is very popular in Germany and reaches many readers.
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focus.de/finanzen/news/liste-der-meistgesuchten-in-europa-lka-fahndet-weltweit-nach-der-abgetauchten-kryptoqueen-dr-ruja-ignatova_id_97514574.html
PS: LKA means State Criminal Police Office
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spiegel.de/netzwelt/onecoin-weltweite-fahndung-nach-der-krypto-queen-a-22f82001-f4fc-4b62-b8ed-18159567aa64
Is the brainless Martin Mayer from Liechtenstein and Switzerland currently removing suspicious traces on his fraud portal mama-on-tour.com?
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OneCoin scammer Emil Blumer from Switzerland has not yet responded. He still offers training:
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80.218.51.166/blinco/?Category=ICEAdm&Service=home1&Usr=kalender&slash=
Latest video from OneCoin scammer Satendra Kumar Saini from India:
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youtube.com/watch?v=BzLUFJoDa-s
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bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-12/onecoin-cryptoqueen-named-among-europe-s-most-wanted-fugitives
If anyone would be interested and wouldn’t mind providing me with a mail address, I could send you a picture I shot this morning at Frankfurt main station. A search notice for Ruja appeared on an advertising/information screen.
I haven’t got an opportunity (or maybe I just don’t want) to upload the picture to a publicly accessable folder hence the question about the mail address.
I’m an enthusiastic reader of this site since the beginning of the Onecoin saga and when I saw the notice this morning, I thought for once I could contribute something to the party.
Thank you, Oz, for making me chuckle every now and then,
your comments are second to none.
You all enjoy your popcorn while the story continues.
The German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) writes:
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bka.de/DE/IhreSicherheit/Fahndungen/Personen/BekanntePersonen/RI/Sachverhalt.html
PS: The German BKA is the highest police authority in Germany.
The best-known German national daily newspaper “BILD” wrote:
bild.de/bild-plus/news/inland/news-inland/deutsche-milliarden-betruegerin-von-interpol-gejagt-wurde-die-krypto-koenigin-er-80054558,view=conversionToLogin.bild.html
Thanks for the support Bob :D.
You can reach out via the contact form and I’ll give you an email address the photo can be sent to.
handelsblatt.com/finanzen/maerkte/devisen-rohstoffe/onecoin-fahndung-nach-kryptokoenigin-ruja-ignatova-dutzende-hinweise-beim-lka-eingegangen/28333192.html
In Germany there is rarely an intense public manhunt like on this poster with Jan Marsalek from Wirecard:
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By the way, Jan Marsalek is said to be hiding in Moscow…
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youtube.com/watch?v=ADN8xR3poGI
@Melanie – it’s now your time to shine, and shining you have been brilliant! Thx
@Bob Monza, one of the popular free and no need to register image host service is imgur.com
Just click “new post” on top left and drag&drop the image file. Then copy-paste the image address.
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PS: This German networker magazine has always reported positively about the OneCoin scam in the past! Just four examples:
https://behindmlm.com/companies/onecoin/konstantin-arrested-criminal-charges-filed-against-ruja-ignatova/#comment-410357
https://behindmlm.com/companies/onecoin/steinkeller-brothers-walk-away-from-2-5-mill-monthly-onecoin-income/#comment-403910
https://behindmlm.com/companies/onecoin/steinkeller-brothers-walk-away-from-2-5-mill-monthly-onecoin-income/#comment-441563
https://behindmlm.com/companies/onecoin/german-onecoin-money-laundering-case-approved/#comment-441625
I consider Netcoo to be the German version of Ted Nuyten’s “Business For Home”.
netcoo.com/direct-selling/krypto-koenigin-ruja-ignatova-spurlos-verschwunden/
stern.de/panorama/stern-crime/ruja-ignatova–weltweite-fahndung-nach-der–krypto-queen–31850214.html
t-online.de/digital/internet-sicherheit/internet/id_100009140/ruja-ignatova-weltweite-fahndung-nach-beruechtigter-krypto-koenigin.html
PS: t-online is the largest internet provider in Germany.
WHAT? Ruja didn’t collect billions of Euros to establish her virtual currency. She collected it to enrich herself and her confederates. The virtual currency was never real; it was just a smokescreen to hide the scam behind. Whoever wrote that article needs to get a clue.
While I’m here: Melanie, I know keeping us all up-to-date on the doings of OneCoin is a thankless job, so please accept my thanks for your hard work and diligence.
The German ZDF (Second German Television) has produced a documentary about crypto scammers:
Ruja is also mentioned and shown in this documentary:
The documentation will remain in the so-called media library until May 2024. Anyone who uses VPN can view the documentation with an IP from Germany, Austria or Switzerland here:
zdf.de/dokumentation/zdfinfo-doku/crypto-crime-verbrechen-rund-um-bitcoin-und-co-100.html
@Tim Tayshun #26
@Amon_N_Andy #31
Thank you very much for your praise.
PDF of a German police station in English:
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guetersloh.polizei.nrw/sites/default/files/2022-05/Sachverhalt_Englisch.pdf
Caribbean’s OneCoin scammers celebrated the return of “Captain” Cordel “KingJayms” James at the end of March 2022:
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Is he still “captain” or was he deposed?
We know that he no longer writes in the weekly newsletters in his “Captain’s Corner” section. The last time he published his abstruse theses and thoughts was in this newsletter from December 1, 2021. Title:
us9.campaign-archive.com/?u=cf9659fd672fe664d487e7e1b&id=3dd0408bc1
youtube.com/watch?v=GDOUJ2yTP0g
PS: I informed him via email about the worldwide manhunt for Ruja Ignatova. He did not answer.
Here’s the section about OneCoin: youtu.be/O-782AnMjMw
Article from Austria.
kurier.at/wirtschaft/behoerden-fahnden-weltweit-nach-mutmasslicher-onecoin-erfinderin/402003963
PS: A well-known newspaper should be able to spell Ruja’s name correctly!
The German radio and television station WDR writes:
www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/westfalen-lippe/onecoin-millionenbetrug-ignatova-ruja-100.html
Addition to comment #16
An idiot calling himself “potato player” has collected about 230 videos with idiotic Martin Mayer:
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youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx9gUn4rynIrBfeRUQ_nq2EAf0_-X0pcp
In total, Martin Mayer produced almost 900 videos for the OneCoin scam. His own channel is empty, but his videos are still online on different channels and he can’t delete them.
Does Martin Mayer have a new hobby now? Video from February 1, 2022:
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Why is he demonstrating in Austria? At the end of the video he offers himself as a speaker for the resistance…
youtube.com/watch?v=QCYYyqeSiRw
Advertisement for his scam portal mama-on-tour.com on this channel:
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youtube.com/channel/UCB3YnaZxnEnD89if9pE5prQ/videos
Can someone lend me money? I would like to buy this book by Martin Mayer, but it costs 500 euros. Too much for a poor pensioner. 🙁
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Does this recommended trading also work on oneforex.eu?
By the way, AMAZON offers this paperback for only 7.88 euros:
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Now I’m totally confused! Which book should I buy?
Sorry I forgot this screenshot:
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Ruja lived for a long time in Neu-Isenburg, a town very close to Frankfurt am Main. Her husband Björn Strehl still lives there. A newspaper from Frankfurt/Main writes:
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fr.de/wirtschaft/krypto-queen-onecoin-betrug-fahndung-bka-aktenzeichen-xy-europol-interpol-ruja-ignatova-zr-91538288.html
A look back into Ruja’s criminal past. This imprint of her former company RilaCap EOOD shows a phone number and a fax number from Neu-Isenburg. The area code is 069:
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What does RilaCap mean? My opinion:
R = Ruja
I = Ignatova
L = ?
A = ?
CAP = capital
Does any of our readers have an idea?
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podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/26-die-kryptoqueen-auf-der-flucht-ruja-ignatova-und/id1543025626?i=1000552030531
A smaller newspaper from North Rhine-Westphalia writes:
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24rhein.de/rheinland-nrw/ruja-ignatova-cryptoqueen-onecoin-aktenzeichen-xy-fahndung-betrug-kryptowaehrung-91538190.html
n-tv.de/panorama/Millionenbetruegerin-Ruja-Ignatova-LKA-sucht-weltweit-nach-der-Kryptoqueen-article23324646.html
PS: n-tv.de is a private TV channel in Germany. The mentioned “88 million” refers only to Germany.
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wsj.com/articles/onecoin-took-in-billions-then-its-leader-vanished-11598520601
PS: Only readable for subscribers.
Who knows this woman?
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Who can translate the text in this photo?
Article from Switzerland.
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tagesanzeiger.ch/weltweite-fahndung-nach-der-krypto-queen-802196526274
rtl.de/cms/weltweite-fahndung-mutmassliche-onecoin-erfinderin-4968872.html
PS: RTL is a popular private television station in Germany.
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procontra-online.de/artikel/date/2022/05/schadenfall-der-woche-in-deutschland-aufgewachsene-krypto-queen-bringt-anleger-um-milliarden/
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The first sentence in this article contains an error or was worded incorrectly. The rest of the article is fine.
znznetwork.com/the-global-manhunt-for-the-infamous-crypto-queen/
RilaCAP could be anything. Phoenix, Fenero, there doesn’t appear to be any discernable pattern.
Article updated with in-person sighting of Ruja Ignatova wanted poster in Germany.
A newspaper from Berlin writes:
Is this sentence from the Berlin newspaper correct?
berliner-zeitung.de/news/onecoin-betrug-bka-fahndet-nach-krypto-queen-ruja-ignatova-li.227370
Ignatova was indicted in 2017. She’s a fugitive, she hasn’t been convicted of anything.
rp-online.de/nrw/panorama/fahnung-nach-mutmasslicher-onecoin-erfinderin-laeuft-weltweit_aid-69459519
PS: rp-online is the largest daily newspaper in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
merkur.de/wirtschaft/krypto-queen-onecoin-betrug-fahndung-bka-aktenzeichen-xy-europol-interpol-ruja-ignatova-zr-91538288.html
PS: merkur.de is published in Munich and is mainly read in Bavaria.
A local radio station in Bielefeld (North Rhine-Westphalia) reported:
The article links directly to the German BKA:
bka.de/DE/IhreSicherheit/Fahndungen/Personen/BekanntePersonen/RI/Sachverhalt.html
radiolippe.de/nachrichten/lippe/detailansicht/bielefeld-oeffentliche-fahndung-nach-mutmasslicher-millionenbetruegerin-bildlink-im-artikel.html
Martin Himmelheber, who has been reporting on the OneCoin scam for years, wrote:
nrwz.de/schramberg/onecoin-mehr-als-30-hinweise-auf-die-cryptoqueen/345286
According to Tommi Vuorinen, the Swiss company which owns OneEcosystem brand is called Ecosystem One Ltd/AG and is owned by Veska.
i.imgur.com/ONxILRu.png
Well, Veska’s name doesn’t appear at least on these records:
monetas.ch/de/647/Firmendaten.htm?subj=2881408
tiger.ch/hr/zg/ecosystemone-ag/baar/che492119355
moneyhouse.ch/en/company/ecosystemone-ag-15094381051/management
Also the address of Ecosystem One AG is:
Grabenstrasse 25
6340 Baar
Which is not what was claimed in the whitepaper to be the OneEcosystem Swiss office address, although both are in Baar:
Oberneuhofstrasse 8
6340 Baar
The former Alosia Holding AG was converted into EcoSystemOne AG on May 4, 2022. In the commercial register of Switzerland this is called “mutation”.
The fact that mail is forwarded to the following company is dubious:
Treforma AG.
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shab.ch/shabforms/servlet/Search?EID=7&DOCID=1005464582
I will try to determine this strange constellation and will name the people involved. This may take a little longer. I start with Dr. Alexander Peter Cornelius Vogel.
This notorious liar and scammer was praised and featured in the last newsletter:
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us9.campaign-archive.com/?u=cf9659fd672fe664d487e7e1b&id=ee69de0ed8
Addition to comment #35
In today’s newsletter, Cordel “KingJayms” James is again named and shown as Captain. He is allowed to travel to Greece with Tommi Vuorinen.
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us9.campaign-archive.com/?u=cf9659fd672fe664d487e7e1b&id=04fd94464d
Addition to comment #61
Obviously Dr. Alexander Vogel is a lawyer (LL.M. = Master of laws) and active for many companies. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Treforma AG:
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moneyhouse.ch/de/company/treforma-ag-12842851341
Here he describes himself with a photo:
lakeward.ch/de/ueber-lakeward/dr-alexander-vogel/
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PS: I suspect that EcoSystemOne AG is just a letterbox company. Dr. Alexander Vogel probably only does the administration so that the real operators are not known.
We have known since Mark S. Scott that not all attorneys are honest and trustworthy. This also applies to Ruja’s attorneys at Schulenberg & Schenk in Hamburg.
Dr. Alexander Peter Cornelius Vogel has also been a member of a firm in London since July 2021:
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Believes Dr. Alexander Vogel that EcoSystemOne AG has its own blockchain? Here is an excerpt from his LinkedIn profile:
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His phone number and email address:
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Article from Switzerland.
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blick.ch/ausland/sie-ergaunerte-milliarden-polizei-jagt-die-krypto-queen-id17480495.html
A comment by bankrupt serial scammer Geri Savini below the video:
OneCoin scammer Geri Savini was very active in this scam. Here is a photo of this crook (center) with Konstantin Ignatov and Duncan Arthur:
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His wife Sabien-Marie Savini is DealShaker Country Manager Paraguay:
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An older photo of her:
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Article from Luxembourg.
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wort.lu/de/business/internationale-fahndung-nach-onecoin-chefin-ignatova-627cc9e2de135b9236ba04b1
Addition to comment #32
The same documentation is available here until January 2027:
3sat.de/gesellschaft/makro/wirtschaftsdokumentation-crypto-crime-100.html
PS: 3sat is a joint television portal for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Pakistani OneCoin scammer Syed Muhammad Muzammil Gilani also reports on the manhunt for Ruja Ignatova:
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youtube.com/watch?v=P2G3d8ibBYo
OneCoin scammer Syed Gilani copied the text in this video from this website:
cryptoslate.com/onecoin-creator-ruja-ignatova-declared-wanted-in-europe/
I think the Lux press speculating that Scneider could be a whistle blower of any sort is a bit much.
Pitt “We Have a Blockchain!” Arens is probably most upset that he arrived late to the party
Addition to comments #16, 39 and 40
These 272 videos by Martin Mayer have not yet been deleted:
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youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz6lBlCNUzw3iXiamh1hCFixTylcbVU2x
PS: Out of 441 videos only 272 are visible.
Now it’s getting interesting. A person calling himself Ruja Ignatova wrote on April 7, 2018:
instagram.com/p/BhQ7FEigCWl/
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instagram.com/p/BhQ6y1WAC5M/
instagram.com/dr.rujaignatova/
My email to Peter Kabite was delivered. Is this company in Kenya meant?
universalresources.co.ke
Another Instagram account of “Ruja Ignatova” is definitely fake. It was created by OneCoin scammer “Gary J” / “Tapanee J” / “Tracy Good”. All photos were uploaded on December 17, 2020!
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instagram.com/drrujaignatov/
Five old videos by this scammer on YouTube:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5RZYfHc4fEn3xCe_oEfoZNkSppX1WOo-
His scam portal onecoin4u.com is for sale. I could easily remember his phone number: 🙂
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More details here:
https://behindmlm.com/companies/onecoin/ukraine-govt-denies-cooperation-with-onecoin-onelife/#comment-438544
https://behindmlm.com/companies/onecoin/ukraine-govt-denies-cooperation-with-onecoin-onelife/#comment-438824
https://behindmlm.com/companies/onecoin/ukraine-govt-denies-cooperation-with-onecoin-onelife/#comment-439102
New article by Martin Himmelheber.
nrwz.de/schramberg/onecoin-fahndung-nach-der-crypto-queen-laeuft/345985
PS: Rottweil is a town near Schramberg where Ruja grew up. The distance is only 22 km.
Johan von Mirbach, a well-known German documentary filmmaker, is working on a documentary about OneCoin. A broadcast time of 90 minutes is planned.
The German television stations WDR and ARTE, a cooperation between Germany and France, are interested in the documentary. I don’t know the details yet, but I’ll let you know.
PS: WDR is a regional television and radio station based in North Rhine-Westphalia.
ARTE.TV is a German-French culture channel that was founded in 1991.
A recommended article by a German law firm from April 2022:
se-legal.de/onecoin-scam-vertretung-der-betrugsopfer/
The lawyers also drew attention to the criminal proceedings in Münster, but did not mention the names of Frank Ricketts, Manon Hübenthal and Martin Breidenbach.
The complete program of the German ZDF “File number XY … unsolved” from May 11, 2022 on YouTube:
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youtube.com/watch?v=nsFpm2whRVU
The top manhunt for Ruja starts here:
youtu.be/nsFpm2whRVU?t=2261
Albert Einstein already knew that human stupidity knows no bounds. The following comment confirms this again.
Note: This comment is from August 2017, before the Bulgarian witch escaped. At that time, the criticism of their “vision” was getting louder. Partial quote:
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The writer of this ridiculous comment is Ronald Corlette from Trinidad and Tobago. Unfortunately, his photo is completely unsuitable for public searches:
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This is his free site at wixsite.com:
sfi90days.wixsite.com/rcorlette
Ronald Corlette also links to this website:
sfi4.com/13602653.90/FREE
The fitting review by Oz:
https://behindmlm.com/companies/strong-future-international-review-transparency/