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Dr Ruja Ignatova persuaded millions to join her financial revolution. Then she disappeared. Why? Jamie Bartlett presents a story of greed, deceit and herd madness.

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    • 4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

Dr Ruja Ignatova persuaded millions to join her financial revolution. Then she disappeared. Why? Jamie Bartlett presents a story of greed, deceit and herd madness.

    A short update

    A short update

    From The Missing Cryptoqueen team.

    • 3 min
    Episode 11: Operation Satellite

    Episode 11: Operation Satellite

    How mysterious friends in influential places may have helped Ruja stay one step ahead. A massive revelation we only now know, but which Ruja knew years earlier.
    Who are they? And could they be helping her now?
    CREDITS
    Presenter: Jamie Bartlett
    Producers: Rob Byrne and Georgia Catt
    Original music and sound design: Phil Channell
    Original music and vocals: Dessislava Stefanova and the London Bulgarian Choir
    Studio Engineer: Giles Aspen
    Series Editor: Philip Sellars
    Commissioner: Dylan Haskins
    The Missing Cryptoqueen is a BBC Documentaries production for BBC Sounds and BBC 5Live

    • 47 min
    Introducing Burn Wild – Episode 1 – The Elves are watching

    Introducing Burn Wild – Episode 1 – The Elves are watching

    The Missing Cryptoqueen is back with episode 11 on October 19th.
    But in the meantime a taster of another podcast, Burn Wild. A story of two fugitive environmentalists, an eco-terrorist cell and a burning question: How far is too far to go to save the planet?
    To hear more of Burn Wild, updated each Tuesday, search and subscribe: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0cx6tw7

    • 47 min
    Episode 10: The Dubai Files

    Episode 10: The Dubai Files

    The search for Dr Ruja Ignatova gathers pace, five years after she disappeared. Files leaked from Dubai reveal how Dr Ruja stashed millions in the emirate and struck up a relationship with a mysterious sheikh. Then, a careless selfie leads the podcast to a mansion in an exclusive gated community. As the FBI steps up its search, new information surfaces about Dr Ruja’s disappearance from an unlikely source.
    Presenter: Jamie Bartlett
    Producers: Rob Byrne and Georgia Catt
    Series Producer: Georgia Catt
    Commissioner: Dylan Haskins
    Series Editor: Philip Sellars
    Original music and sound design: Phil Channell
    Original music and vocals: Dessislava Stefanova and the London Bulgarian Choir
    Featuring footage from: LiveNow from Fox, 5en News, Prag News, Welt Netzreporter
    The Missing Cryptoqueen is a BBC Documentaries production for BBC Sounds and BBC 5Live

    • 45 min
    Coming soon...

    Coming soon...

    The Missing Cryptoqueen is back with new episodes from 28 September.

    • 2 min
    Episode 9: Follow the money

    Episode 9: Follow the money

    The search for Dr Ruja is back on. A lot has happened since Episode 8.
    Original music and sound design: Phil Channell
    Original Music and vocals: Dessislava Stefanova and the London Bulgarian Choir
    This audio was updated on 12/08/2020 to reflect additional correspondence with Chelgate.

    • 45 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
2.8K Ratings

2.8K Ratings

Soj123 ,

Great Series

I keep checking back on the site. Are there any more updates? There hasn’t been anything since your Christmas party in Dec 2022 promising more updates in 2023, but nothing was added last year.

TheGosia1 ,

Fantastic podcast!

Thank you Jamie !

Podcastlistner10000 ,

Podcast listener

Listen to episode 8 and my heart absolutely breaks for the African family who had invested, being from Africa myself (Zimbabwe) I can fully appreciate this episode and the loss to the families.

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