{"id":11204,"date":"2022-11-03T20:54:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T00:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/?p=11204"},"modified":"2022-11-03T20:54:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T00:54:28","slug":"ep06-dealshaker-companion-guide-for-bbcs-the-missing-cryptoqueen-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/2022\/11\/03\/ep06-dealshaker-companion-guide-for-bbcs-the-missing-cryptoqueen-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep06- DealShaker \u2013 Companion Guide For BBC\u2019s \u201cThe Missing Cryptoqueen\u201d Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Believe it or not, the DealShaker marketplace<\/a> is still working. The commerce arm of the OneCoin empire, DealShaker provided a clear and verifiable use case for OneCoin as a currency. The token was real because you could use it to buy things in a specific e-commerce store.\u00a0 Oh, those were the days. The greatest thing about exploring OneCoin and Dr. Ruja\u2019s story is that it reflects how naive the crypto world actually was just a few years ago. In many ways, it still is.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In \u201cThe Missing Cryptoqueen\u2019s\u201d sixth episode, we travel to the past. It\u2019s titled \u201cThe \u00dcberflieger\u201d referring to a \u201chigh-flying\u201d person. That\u2019s how teachers of the past described Dr. Ruja, who was definitely the star in all of her classes and was respected and hated for it. What else can Jamie and Georgia learn about Ruja Ignatova by tracing her steps? Let\u2019s find out.<\/p>\n

Remember, you can download episodes directly from the BBC<\/a>, or listen to \u201cThe Missing Cryptoqueen\u201d through Apple<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>, or iVoox<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About \u201cThe Missing Cryptoqueen,\u201d Episode Six \u2013 \u201cThe \u00dcberflieger\u201d<\/h2>\n

Our blast from the past episode starts in 2009, five years before OneCoin and DealShaker. Bitcoin was entering the scene and so was Dr. Ruja, who bought a factory in Germany. Jamie and Georgia visit the site in 2019 and interview the survivors of that story. They tell them that Ruja Ignatova got there, impressed everybody, and made a lot of promises that she didn\u2019t keep. After that, she disappeared, effectively rug-pulling everybody. Interesting fact, both her father and her mother worked at the factory. Which suggests Ruja Ignatova is a family woman.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When Dr. Ruja disappeared, the factory offices were broken into and a lot of documents went missing, along with her. The factory workers that the podcast interviewed all seem to think that this was staged and that Dr. Ruja took and destroyed some important documents. \u201cIt\u2019s exactly the same story,\u201d one of them says comparing OneCoin and DealShaker to the factory in question. When things got tough, Ruja Ignatova sold the company and disappeared. The factory remains closed to this day.<\/p>\n

In the next section\u2019s second quote, you\u2019ll sense the magnitude of that first case against Dr. Ruja. She paid the fine and kept it pushing. And, according to the factory workers, she learned that the next time she was going to have to disappear for real.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Quotes From \u201cThe Missing Cryptoqueen,\u201d EpisodeSix \u2013 \u201cThe \u00dcberflieger\u201d<\/h2>\n

In what appears a diary entry, we learn about the young Ruja Ignatova:<\/p>\n

\u201cRuja was always friendly to everyone. She was always well behaved and cheerful, and the teachers were deeply fond of her. She doesn\u2019t drink and she would never degrade herself to eating pizza. Her favorite classes were \u201cp,\u201d she was faultless, and now and then she likes \u201cari.\u201d Generally, she got on very well with her colleagues. Stop. Maybe we should stick to the truth. Okay, fine. Maybe I did take pleasure in tormenting some students. I was always looking for the chance to spread new amusing stories about them.\u201d<\/p>\n

This quote summarizes the consequences of Ruja\u2019s first fraud:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis time, the law caught up with Dr. Ruja. In 2016, she was convicted in a German court for several crimes. Intentional breach of duty in the event of insolvency, fraud, withholding an embezzlement of employees\u2019 wages, and violation of accounting duties, She received a 14-month suspended sentence and an \u20ac18,000 fine. The local newspaper reported that Ruja reappeared to attend the ruling and showed no emotion when the judgment was passed down. She quietly slipped out and returned to Bulgaria, and carried on with OneCoin as if nothing had happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

More About Dr. Ruja\u2019s Past<\/h2>\n

Later in the episode, Jamie and Georgia confirm that Ruja really got a PHD. \u201cShe\u2019s smart,\u201d Georgia says. Then, Multi-Level Marketing makes a second appearance. We learn that in 2014, Ruja Ignatova tried to sell\u2026 wait for it\u2026 bitcoin using MLM techniques. The producers introduce Sebastian Greenwood, a Multi-Level Marketing expert that seems to have created the Dr. Ruja character with Ignatova. She had the charisma, he had the technique. They just needed a product they could control.<\/p>\n

Last but not least, we meet Duncan. He once was an integral part of the OneLife organization and it\u2019s the mind behind DealShaker. He says everything in there is rubbish and challenges Jamie to find five things he wants and can pay in OneCoin only. Jamie goes through DealShaker and realizes the already shady characters that sell products through the platform mostly want Euros. Is DealShaker really a OneCoin market?<\/p>\n

At the end of the episode, a private detective that the production hired apparently found a lady that could be Ruja Ignatova in Athens. Could it be?<\/p>\n\n

BTC price chart for 11\/03\/2022 on Bitstamp | Source: BTC\/USD on TradingView.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Extra Material: OneCoin Responds To The FCA<\/h2>\n

Approximately six years ago, the Financial Conduct Authority of the United Kingdom issued a warning against OneCoin. The company responded and NewsBTC reported the story<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the statement, OneCoin has called itself a global software and technology company with offices in Bulgaria, Hong Kong, and the United Arab Emirates. The company has also described OneCoin has a digital currency sharing few features with existing cryptocurrencies. These similarities are confined to the maintenance of all transaction records on a database.<\/p>\n

The digital currency company, in the last paragraph of the statement, expresses its full cooperation,<\/p>\n

\u201cOneCoin is committed to following good business practices and the relevant rules and regulations in the countries in which it operates. It will co-operate fully with the authorities in pursuit of this objective.\u201d<\/p>\n

Episode Credits<\/h2>\n

Presenter: Jamie Bartlett
\nProducer: Georgia Catt
\nStory consultant: Chris Berube
\nEditor: Philip Sellars
\nOriginal music and sound design: Phil Channell
\nOriginal music and vocals: Dessislava Stefanova and the London Bulgarian Choir<\/p>\n

Previous Companion Guides For BBC\u2019s \u201cThe Missing Cryptoqueen\u201d Podcast:<\/h2>\n

Ep. 01 \u2013 https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/news\/bitcoin\/ep01-dr-ruja-companion-guide-for-bbcs-the-missing-cryptoqueen-podcast\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Ep. 02 \u2013 https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/news\/bitcoin\/ep02-btc-killer-companion-guide-for-bbcs-the-missing-cryptoqueen-podcast\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Ep. 03 \u2013 https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/altcoin\/ep03-onecoin-companion-guide-for-bbcs-the-missing-cryptoqueen-podcast\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Ep. 04 \u2013 https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/scams-and-fraud\/ep04-onelife-companion-guide-for-bbcs-the-missing-cryptoqueen-podcast\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Ep. 05 \u2013 https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/scams-and-fraud\/ep05-mlm-companion-guide-for-bbcs-the-missing-cryptoqueen-podcast\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Featured Image: The Missing Cryptoqueen logo by BBC<\/a> | Charts by TradingView<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

Believe it or not, the DealShaker marketplace<\/a> is still working. The commerce arm of the OneCoin empire, DealShaker provided a clear and verifiable use case for OneCoin as a currency. The token was real because you could use it to buy things in a specific e-commerce store.\u00a0 Oh, those were the days. The greatest thing about exploring OneCoin and Dr. Ruja\u2019s story is that it reflects how naive the crypto world actually was just a few years ago. In many ways, it still is.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In \u201cThe Missing Cryptoqueen\u2019s\u201d sixth episode, we travel to the past. It\u2019s titled \u201cThe \u00dcberflieger\u201d referring to a \u201chigh-flying\u201d person. That\u2019s how teachers of the past described Dr. Ruja, who was definitely the star in all of her classes and was respected and hated for it. What else can Jamie and Georgia learn about Ruja Ignatova by tracing her steps? Let\u2019s find out.<\/p>\n

Remember, you can download episodes directly from the BBC<\/a>, or listen to \u201cThe Missing Cryptoqueen\u201d through Apple<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>, or iVoox<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About \u201cThe Missing Cryptoqueen,\u201d Episode Six \u2013 \u201cThe \u00dcberflieger\u201d<\/h2>\n

Our blast from the past episode starts in 2009, five years before OneCoin and DealShaker. Bitcoin was entering the scene and so was Dr. Ruja, who bought a factory in Germany. Jamie and Georgia visit the site in 2019 and interview the survivors of that story. They tell them that Ruja Ignatova got there, impressed everybody, and made a lot of promises that she didn\u2019t keep. After that, she disappeared, effectively rug-pulling everybody. Interesting fact, both her father and her mother worked at the factory. Which suggests Ruja Ignatova is a family woman.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When Dr. Ruja disappeared, the factory offices were broken into and a lot of documents went missing, along with her. The factory workers that the podcast interviewed all seem to think that this was staged and that Dr. Ruja took and destroyed some important documents. \u201cIt\u2019s exactly the same story,\u201d one of them says comparing OneCoin and DealShaker to the factory in question. When things got tough, Ruja Ignatova sold the company and disappeared. The factory remains closed to this day.<\/p>\n

In the next section\u2019s second quote, you\u2019ll sense the magnitude of that first case against Dr. Ruja. She paid the fine and kept it pushing. And, according to the factory workers, she learned that the next time she was going to have to disappear for real.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Quotes From \u201cThe Missing Cryptoqueen,\u201d EpisodeSix \u2013 \u201cThe \u00dcberflieger\u201d<\/h2>\n

In what appears a diary entry, we learn about the young Ruja Ignatova:<\/p>\n

\u201cRuja was always friendly to everyone. She was always well behaved and cheerful, and the teachers were deeply fond of her. She doesn\u2019t drink and she would never degrade herself to eating pizza. Her favorite classes were \u201cp,\u201d she was faultless, and now and then she likes \u201cari.\u201d Generally, she got on very well with her colleagues. Stop. Maybe we should stick to the truth. Okay, fine. Maybe I did take pleasure in tormenting some students. I was always looking for the chance to spread new amusing stories about them.\u201d<\/p>\n

This quote summarizes the consequences of Ruja\u2019s first fraud:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis time, the law caught up with Dr. Ruja. In 2016, she was convicted in a German court for several crimes. Intentional breach of duty in the event of insolvency, fraud, withholding an embezzlement of employees\u2019 wages, and violation of accounting duties, She received a 14-month suspended sentence and an \u20ac18,000 fine. The local newspaper reported that Ruja reappeared to attend the ruling and showed no emotion when the judgment was passed down. She quietly slipped out and returned to Bulgaria, and carried on with OneCoin as if nothing had happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

More About Dr. Ruja\u2019s Past<\/h2>\n

Later in the episode, Jamie and Georgia confirm that Ruja really got a PHD. \u201cShe\u2019s smart,\u201d Georgia says. Then, Multi-Level Marketing makes a second appearance. We learn that in 2014, Ruja Ignatova tried to sell\u2026 wait for it\u2026 bitcoin using MLM techniques. The producers introduce Sebastian Greenwood, a Multi-Level Marketing expert that seems to have created the Dr. Ruja character with Ignatova. She had the charisma, he had the technique. They just needed a product they could control.<\/p>\n

Last but not least, we meet Duncan. He once was an integral part of the OneLife organization and it\u2019s the mind behind DealShaker. He says everything in there is rubbish and challenges Jamie to find five things he wants and can pay in OneCoin only. Jamie goes through DealShaker and realizes the already shady characters that sell products through the platform mostly want Euros. Is DealShaker really a OneCoin market?<\/p>\n

At the end of the episode, a private detective that the production hired apparently found a lady that could be Ruja Ignatova in Athens. Could it be?<\/p>\n

BTC price chart for 11\/03\/2022 on Bitstamp | Source: BTC\/USD on TradingView.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Extra Material: OneCoin Responds To The FCA<\/h2>\n

Approximately six years ago, the Financial Conduct Authority of the United Kingdom issued a warning against OneCoin. The company responded and NewsBTC reported the story<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the statement, OneCoin has called itself a global software and technology company with offices in Bulgaria, Hong Kong, and the United Arab Emirates. The company has also described OneCoin has a digital currency sharing few features with existing cryptocurrencies. These similarities are confined to the maintenance of all transaction records on a database.<\/p>\n

The digital currency company, in the last paragraph of the statement, expresses its full cooperation,<\/p>\n

\u201cOneCoin is committed to following good business practices and the relevant rules and regulations in the countries in which it operates. It will co-operate fully with the authorities in pursuit of this objective.\u201d<\/p>\n

Episode Credits<\/h2>\n

Presenter: Jamie Bartlett
\nProducer: Georgia Catt
\nStory consultant: Chris Berube
\nEditor: Philip Sellars
\nOriginal music and sound design: Phil Channell
\nOriginal music and vocals: Dessislava Stefanova and the London Bulgarian Choir<\/p>\n

Previous Companion Guides For BBC\u2019s \u201cThe Missing Cryptoqueen\u201d Podcast:<\/h2>\n

Ep. 01 \u2013 https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/news\/bitcoin\/ep01-dr-ruja-companion-guide-for-bbcs-the-missing-cryptoqueen-podcast\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Ep. 02 \u2013 https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/news\/bitcoin\/ep02-btc-killer-companion-guide-for-bbcs-the-missing-cryptoqueen-podcast\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Ep. 03 \u2013 https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/altcoin\/ep03-onecoin-companion-guide-for-bbcs-the-missing-cryptoqueen-podcast\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Ep. 04 \u2013 https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/scams-and-fraud\/ep04-onelife-companion-guide-for-bbcs-the-missing-cryptoqueen-podcast\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Ep. 05 \u2013 https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/scams-and-fraud\/ep05-mlm-companion-guide-for-bbcs-the-missing-cryptoqueen-podcast\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Featured Image: The Missing Cryptoqueen logo by BBC<\/a> | Charts by TradingView<\/a><\/p>\n

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