V Listen—The Missing Cryptoqueen

Sometimes in cold, dry January we want to revert back to lying down and listening to a great story. This podcast is just that. A great story, but also a shocking investigation into a multi-billion dollar pyramid scheme that you just can’t believe you’re hearing.

It’s the story of OneCoin, a scam crypto currency, and it is astonishing. The missing cryptoqueen is founder Dr. Ruja Ignatova—Oxford-educated, highly intelligent, and charismatic and all at once fascinating, deplorable and downright scary. The huge (and we mean huge) money made by a few, the heartbreaking stories of money lost by innocent victims and the interweaving of the world of technology and the company’s manipulation of the media together with fevered cultish behaviour all serve to make it a modern cautionary tale.

There are countless twists and turns, so many continents travelled, a myriad of strange encounters recounted, and so many questions answered and unbearably unanswered that this eight episode podcast is positively gripping. Basically it’s a true crime meets tech tale that will have you hooked.

To listen, visit https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07nkd84/episodes/downloads.