Well if she got the bitcoin via fraud then she deserves to rot in jail. That’s a large bitcoin stash which clearly has been gotten via illegal means. I hope that somehow some of the victims can be reimbursed.
In their media the British police didn't mention which cryptocurrencies they seized so we don't know if was bitcoin.
If she was devious enough to accrue that much, I have a feeling she may be hiding a lot more cryptocurrency in other locations. For all the talk about people using Bitcoin to commit crimes, when you see cases like this you cannot help but wonder what sort of resources that government agencies are now working with in order to trace the money - after all it can get funneled very transparently into rather few wallets at the point of consolidation. I wonder if they hacked the wallets (or the devices they were on) first before arresting her, or she ended up giving away the wallet access in some other way. It would also be interesting to know at what point she bought into Bitcoin because the original owners could ironically be sitting on a huge windfall of cash if it was purchased before the most recent price hikes, even if they weren't cashing out at the all time high.
She had a devious streak that's why she's become rich by deception but she's ended up in jail. I'd like them to release the details of her case. There's a strong prospect she's a front working for bigger criminals that's why she got caught if she's the face that other criminals know while the real masterminds hide in the shadows.
This gives cryptocurrency a bad reputation because the word
crime becomes associated with it. It's not helping when positive sides to cryptocurrencies aren't seen by new interested audiences when it's being used by criminals and mentioned in newspapers.
Perhaps there’s more accomplices in this fraud since that’s a lot of money and effort to be able to accrue such an enormous amount. It’s good that she was nabbed even before she’s able to do more damage in the ecosystem. Even if she was able to hide millions somewhere, if the prison sentence is extremely lengthy, it wouldn’t matter since she can never use it.
British police should search for her accomplices to stop this fraud and ponzi from expanding even further. It’s highly improbable that it’s just a one-man crew with that huge amount.
There's no possibility she's working alone. It's possible they've arrested her accomplices but haven't told the media.
That's a huge amount that has been confiscated, I hope those who had been victims will return the money to them because that's their money. For sure there are more unrevealed amounts because the investigation is ongoing. But my question is why the British authorities didn't disclose what cryptocurrency it is.
It's a huge amount that's got seized. The 7000 bitcoin stolen from Binance in 2019 is $225 million so do you think it's related to this case ?
Think you're right OP. If it's that amount of crypto belonging to one person, the age fits right, and she has been suspected to be in London, just surprised it took police so long to locate her, given how highly visible she was at one point, and how well-surveilled the UK (and especially London) is. I was led to think by Spooks their network could face-ID someone in hours haha!
It's been reported she's used places in London to hide. Maybe the police arrested Ruscha Ignatowa if she became complacent maybe it isn't even her, we'll have to wait until the police announce it.
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