Ping. The email I’d been waiting for all week finally arrived. The attached file was encrypted of course, and the password arrived separately, via a secure messaging app. You can’t be too careful — this document contained vital information. Maybe even an address.
or three years I’d been trying to track down Dr Ruja Ignatova, the elusive founder of the exciting new cryptocurrency ‘OneCoin’. She first appeared in 2014, selling her rival to bitcoin — that strange new digital money that operated outside the banks. Dressed in ballgowns and designer jewellery, Dr Ruja promised a financial revolution, and told punters that OneCoin could make them rich. Tens, then hundreds of thousands of investors bought into her vision: bitcoin was good, but OneCoin was better. Invest now and change your life, she said.
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