Fraud approaches evolve depending on the era we live in and the technical means at our disposal, and Ruzha Ignatova's fraud with the cryptocurrency OneCoin is a typical Ponzi scheme. Criminal psychologist Rosen Yordanov commented on this in the BNT studio.
"In most cases where there was a massification of such phenomena, it happened before, during or immediately after a serious financial crisis, when financial pyramids were born. "In the States, apparently the lady queen, as they call her, started her business after the great financial crisis of 2008-2009," he said.
The psychologist explained that mass deviations in people's perceptions usually occur after major crises - the last one was the covid pandemic.
"In 2003-2004, I took part in the only expertise in our country to reveal manipulative mechanisms. One company was doing informational business meetings that looked extremely authentic and attracted people who put in around 2,000 euros and then looked for other people to put in too. The difference with Ruža is that she again offered nothing, but through the new type of currency.
Scammers create something that looks credible, whether it's crypto, a business deal, or a fictional product. Everything looks fine, but there is one missing part, which the deceived complete themselves, Yordanov pointed out. According to him, Ruza Ignatova has "supplemented" her fraud by setting up a foundation.