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Each episode follows the trail of a real crypto crime—from suspicious investment platforms and elaborate rug pulls to fake trading opportunities, impersonation schemes, and fraud operations built to disappear overnight. We examine how the scheme worked, who was targeted, where the money went, and the warning signs victims were never meant to notice.

Through detailed timelines, public records, victim accounts, court documents, and available evidence, Crypto Crime Files separates verified facts from online speculation. The goal is not to sensationalize cryptocurrency, but to understand how criminals exploit hype, confusion, trust, and the anonymity of the digital world.

Behind every stolen wallet and vanished investment is a human story: savings lost, lives disrupted, and perpetrators who believed technology could keep them hidden.

Follow Crypto Crime Files for investigative deep dives into cryptocurrency scams, blockchain fraud, fake investments, digital theft, and the people trying to uncover the truth.In crypto, the money moves fast.

So do the criminals.

Produced by HustleStudios Podcast Network.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/crypto-crime-files--7179179/support.]]> en True Crime HustleStudios Podcast Network https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/eaa78f5135e9e8e4d22c8f23dc217b33.jpg https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/crypto-crime-files--7179179 Sat, 14 Nov 2026 02:37:51 +0000 HustleStudios Podcast Network HustleStudios Podcast Network hustlestudioph@gmail.com Crypto Crime Files is an investigative documentary podcast exposing the scams, fraud schemes, and digital deception hiding behind the promise of easy money. Each episode follows the trail of a real crypto crime—from suspicious investment platforms...
Each episode follows the trail of a real crypto crime—from suspicious investment platforms and elaborate rug pulls to fake trading opportunities, impersonation schemes, and fraud operations built to disappear overnight. We examine how the scheme worked, who was targeted, where the money went, and the warning signs victims were never meant to notice.

Through detailed timelines, public records, victim accounts, court documents, and available evidence, Crypto Crime Files separates verified facts from online speculation. The goal is not to sensationalize cryptocurrency, but to understand how criminals exploit hype, confusion, trust, and the anonymity of the digital world.

Behind every stolen wallet and vanished investment is a human story: savings lost, lives disrupted, and perpetrators who believed technology could keep them hidden.

Follow Crypto Crime Files for investigative deep dives into cryptocurrency scams, blockchain fraud, fake investments, digital theft, and the people trying to uncover the truth.In crypto, the money moves fast.

So do the criminals.

Produced by HustleStudios Podcast Network.

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What was OneCoin? OneCoin was a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme launched in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 2014 by Ruja Ignatova and Karl Sebastian Greenwood. According to United States prosecutors, OneCoin never operated a real blockchain, was never mined, and its price was set internally by the company, rising from 50 euro cents to nearly 30 euros per coin. The scheme sold education packages through a multi-level marketing network and took in over $4 billion from at least 3.5 million victims worldwide. OneCoin's own records showed 4.037 billion euros in sales and 2.735 billion euros in profits between late 2014 and late 2016. Ignatova was charged in New York on October 12, 2017, flew from Sofia to Athens on October 25, 2017, and has not been seen publicly since. She was added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list on June 30, 2022. Her co-founder Karl Sebastian Greenwood was sentenced in September 2023 to 20 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $300 million. In April 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice opened a victim compensation process with more than $40 million in forfeited OneCoin assets.

In this episode, hosts Alex and Diego open the OneCoin case file: the 2014 pitch in Sofia, the machine with no blockchain behind it, the June 11, 2016 Wembley Arena speech where Ignatova called OneCoin the "Bitcoin killer," her disappearance thirteen days after being secretly charged, the reckoning in court for Greenwood, lawyer Mark Scott, and head of legal Irina Dilkinska, and the ghost she became — an FBI Most Wanted fugitive with a reward of up to $5 million, while a 2026 victim fund offers about one cent on the dollar. Crypto Crime Files is an investigative documentary podcast from the HustleStudios Podcast Network, separating verified facts from online speculation in cryptocurrency scams, blockchain fraud, fake investments, and digital theft. Follow Crypto Crime Files for weekly deep dives into crypto crime.

Chapters:
0:00 Cold Open: Wembley, June 2016
1:10 Welcome to Crypto Crime Files
1:46 Story 1: The Pitch
3:03 Story 2: The Machine
4:35 Story 3: Wembley
5:40 Story 4: The Vanishing
6:52 Story 5: The Reckoning
8:13 Story 6: The Ghost

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Supporter Club: HERE · Patreon: HERE]]> https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76340886 Fri, 13 Nov 2026 16:29:27 +0000 HustleStudios Podcast Network OneCoin, the Cryptoqueen, and the $4 billion crypto fraud: how Ruja Ignatova built a fake cryptocurrency with no blockchain, sold it to 3.5 million people, and vanished on a flight from Sofia to Athens in October 2017. Crypto Crime Files investigates... OneCoin, the Cryptoqueen, and the $4 billion crypto fraud: how Ruja Ignatova built a fake cryptocurrency with no blockchain, sold it to 3.5 million people, and vanished on a flight from Sofia to Athens in October 2017. Crypto Crime Files investigates the OneCoin scam, the Wembley Arena "Bitcoin killer" speech, and the prison sentences that followed.What was OneCoin? OneCoin was a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme launched in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 2014 by Ruja Ignatova and Karl Sebastian Greenwood. According to United States prosecutors, OneCoin never operated a real blockchain, was never mined, and its price was set internally by the company, rising from 50 euro cents to nearly 30 euros per coin. The scheme sold education packages through a multi-level marketing network and took in over $4 billion from at least 3.5 million victims worldwide. OneCoin's own records showed 4.037 billion euros in sales and 2.735 billion euros in profits between late 2014 and late 2016. Ignatova was charged in New York on October 12, 2017, flew from Sofia to Athens on October 25, 2017, and has not been seen publicly since. She was added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list on June 30, 2022. Her co-founder Karl Sebastian Greenwood was sentenced in September 2023 to 20 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $300 million. In April 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice opened a victim compensation process with more than $40 million in forfeited OneCoin assets.In this episode, hosts Alex and Diego open the OneCoin case file: the 2014 pitch in Sofia, the machine with no blockchain behind it, the June 11, 2016 Wembley Arena speech where Ignatova called OneCoin the "Bitcoin killer," her disappearance thirteen days after being secretly charged, the reckoning in court for Greenwood, lawyer Mark Scott, and head of legal Irina Dilkinska, and the ghost she became — an FBI Most Wanted fugitive with a reward of up to $5 million, while a 2026 victim fund offers about one cent on the dollar. Crypto Crime Files is an investigative documentary podcast from the HustleStudios Podcast Network, separating verified facts from online speculation in cryptocurrency scams, blockchain fraud, fake investments, and digital theft. Follow Crypto Crime Files for weekly deep dives into crypto crime.Chapters:0:00 Cold Open: Wembley, June 20161:10 Welcome to Crypto Crime Files1:46 Story 1: The Pitch3:03 Story 2: The Machine4:35 Story 3: Wembley5:40 Story 4: The Vanishing6:52 Story 5: The Reckoning8:13 Story 6: The GhostProduced with the help of AI, under full human creative supervision.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/crypto-crime-files--7179179/support.This Episode is Brought to you by:🎵 Uppbeat — music for creators✍️ Willow — your writing partner🔊 ElevenLabs — lifelike AI voiceovers for creators🎙️ Noota — The best transcription and AI Meeting Zoom alternative!💼 Moxie — invoicing, CRM, projects, expenses, proposals and time tracking for freelancers.✨ Castmagic — turn audio into content with presets and community prompts.📡 596 crypto crime files,cryptocurrency fraud,cryptoqueen,crypto scam,onecoin,ruja ignatova,true crime false 1 7 full https://feeds.hustlestudios.net/link/24442/17433553/s1e006-the-wolves-of-wallet-street--74249757
ALEX and DIEGO crack open ten fresh cases of blockchain betrayal, NFT rug pulls, and exchange collapses. This hour-plus investigation follows the money through ten wallets, ten exit scams, and ten victims who learned the same brutal lesson. Trust is not a security model.

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�️ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 — HustleStudios identity sting
00:08 — Cold open: tonight's hunt for the wolves of wallet street
01:30 — Story one: the Ledger co-founder kidnapping
08:00 — Story two: the meme coin that minted billionaires
15:00 — Story three: Terra Luna's forty billion dollar math error
22:00 — Story four: Beeple's sixty-nine million dollar JPG
29:00 — Story five: the pig butchering compound economy
36:00 — Story six: the recovery scam trap
43:00 — Story seven: QuadrigaCX and the dead man's keys
50:00 — Story eight: MuskMiners and fake mining rigs
57:00 — Story nine: the SEC influencer crackdown
64:00 — Story ten: FTX, twenty-five years, eight billion dollars gone
71:00 — Ten lessons, ten takeaways, the meta-lesson
78:00 — Skepticism scales, the wolves do not

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🔍 ABOUT THE HOSTS

ALEX — the lead investigator. He pulls the receipts, traces the wallets, and lays out what actually happened. Pattern recognition, dry delivery, receipts over rhetoric.

DIEGO — the interrogator. He asks the questions the listener is already thinking, then asks the ones they are not. Skeptical, sharp, allergic to hype.

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📌 KEYWORDS

crypto crime, NFT rug pull, blockchain fraud, FTX collapse, Terra Luna, Ledger kidnapping, meme coin, QuadrigaCX, pig butchering, exchange hack, wallet security, bitcoin scam

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Supporter Club: HERE · Patreon: HERE]]> https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74249757 Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:44:19 +0000 HustleStudios Podcast Network 🪙 S1E006: The Wolves of Wallet Street — A Crypto Crime Files Investigation ALEX and DIEGO crack open ten fresh cases of blockchain betrayal, NFT rug pulls, and exchange collapses. This hour-plus investigation follows the money through ten wallets,... 🪙 S1E006: The Wolves of Wallet Street — A Crypto Crime Files InvestigationALEX and DIEGO crack open ten fresh cases of blockchain betrayal, NFT rug pulls, and exchange collapses. This hour-plus investigation follows the money through ten wallets, ten exit scams, and ten victims who learned the same brutal lesson. Trust is not a security model.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━�️ TIMESTAMPS00:00 — HustleStudios identity sting00:08 — Cold open: tonight's hunt for the wolves of wallet street01:30 — Story one: the Ledger co-founder kidnapping08:00 — Story two: the meme coin that minted billionaires15:00 — Story three: Terra Luna's forty billion dollar math error22:00 — Story four: Beeple's sixty-nine million dollar JPG29:00 — Story five: the pig butchering compound economy36:00 — Story six: the recovery scam trap43:00 — Story seven: QuadrigaCX and the dead man's keys50:00 — Story eight: MuskMiners and fake mining rigs57:00 — Story nine: the SEC influencer crackdown64:00 — Story ten: FTX, twenty-five years, eight billion dollars gone71:00 — Ten lessons, ten takeaways, the meta-lesson78:00 — Skepticism scales, the wolves do not━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔍 ABOUT THE HOSTSALEX — the lead investigator. He pulls the receipts, traces the wallets, and lays out what actually happened. Pattern recognition, dry delivery, receipts over rhetoric.DIEGO — the interrogator. He asks the questions the listener is already thinking, then asks the ones they are not. Skeptical, sharp, allergic to hype.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📌 KEYWORDScrypto crime, NFT rug pull, blockchain fraud, FTX collapse, Terra Luna, Ledger kidnapping, meme coin, QuadrigaCX, pig butchering, exchange hack, wallet security, bitcoin scam━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━This episode was researchBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/crypto-crime-files--7179179/support.This Episode is Brought to you by:🎵 Uppbeat — music for creators✍️ Willow — your writing partner🔊 ElevenLabs — lifelike AI voiceovers for creators🎙️ Noota — The best transcription and AI Meeting Zoom alternative!💼 Moxie — invoicing, CRM, projects, expenses, proposals and time tracking for freelancers.✨ Castmagic — turn audio into content with presets and community prompts.📡 FeedPress — podcast hosting, stats and feed tools for serious podcasters────────❤️ Support Crypto Crime Files!Supporter Club: HERE · Patreon: HERE 2976 false 1 6 full https://feeds.hustlestudios.net/link/24442/17433555/s1e005-the-ten-billion-dollar-wake-up-call--73625530
Today's case: The Ten Billion Dollar Wake-Up Call.

This is Episode 73625530 of Crypto Crime Files — the show that examines the cases, suspects, and investigations that didn't get the spotlight they deserved.

What we cover in this episode:
• The victim: who they were and what happened
• The investigation: what police did, what they missed
• The suspects: who was looked at, who wasn't
• The evidence: what the forensic team found
• The verdict: where the case stands now

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Today's case: The Ten Billion Dollar Wake-Up Call.

This is Episode 73625530 of Crypto Crime Files — the show that examines the cases, suspects, and investigations that didn't get the spotlight they deserved.

What we cover in this episode:
• The victim: who they were and what happened
• The investigation: what police did, what they missed
• The suspects: who was looked at, who wasn't
• The evidence: what the forensic team found
• The verdict: where the case stands now

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Today's case: The Fall of Faith: When Trust Becomes a Weapon.

This is Episode 73016535 of Crypto Crime Files — the show that examines the cases, suspects, and investigations that didn't get the spotlight they deserved.

What we cover in this episode:
• The victim: who they were and what happened
• The investigation: what police did, what they missed
• The suspects: who was looked at, who wasn't
• The evidence: what the forensic team found
• The verdict: where the case stands now

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Supporter Club: HERE · Patreon: HERE]]> https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73016535 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:22:29 +0000 HustleStudios Podcast Network In this episode of Crypto Crime Files, we dig into the case file on The Fall of Faith: When Trust Becomes a Weapon. Today's case: The Fall of Faith: When Trust Becomes a Weapon. This is Episode 73016535 of Crypto Crime Files — the show that examines...
Today's case: The Fall of Faith: When Trust Becomes a Weapon.

This is Episode 73016535 of Crypto Crime Files — the show that examines the cases, suspects, and investigations that didn't get the spotlight they deserved.

What we cover in this episode:
• The victim: who they were and what happened
• The investigation: what police did, what they missed
• The suspects: who was looked at, who wasn't
• The evidence: what the forensic team found
• The verdict: where the case stands now

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Today's case: The FTX Collapse.

This is Episode 72969233 of Crypto Crime Files — the show that examines the cases, suspects, and investigations that didn't get the spotlight they deserved.

What we cover in this episode:
• The victim: who they were and what happened
• The investigation: what police did, what they missed
• The suspects: who was looked at, who wasn't
• The evidence: what the forensic team found
• The verdict: where the case stands now

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Supporter Club: HERE · Patreon: HERE]]> https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72969233 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:18:58 +0000 HustleStudios Podcast Network In this episode of Crypto Crime Files, we dig into the case file on The FTX Collapse. Today's case: The FTX Collapse. This is Episode 72969233 of Crypto Crime Files — the show that examines the cases, suspects, and investigations that didn't get the...
Today's case: The FTX Collapse.

This is Episode 72969233 of Crypto Crime Files — the show that examines the cases, suspects, and investigations that didn't get the spotlight they deserved.

What we cover in this episode:
• The victim: who they were and what happened
• The investigation: what police did, what they missed
• The suspects: who was looked at, who wasn't
• The evidence: what the forensic team found
• The verdict: where the case stands now

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