Thread by @VessOnSecurity

Apparently, the Bulgarian "crypto queen", Ruja Ilieva, famous for the OneCoin scam, who has disappeared and is on the FBI most wanted list, was killed in November 2018 by order of a Bulgarian narco boss.

The killer, also a Bulgarian, is presently in a Dutch prison for some drug-dealing crime.

She was killed on a yacht in the Ionian Sea, her body was cut into pieces and thrown overboard.

The reason for the killing was, apparently, to hide the narco boss' participation in the OneCoin scam.

The narco boss currently lives in Dubai, after escaping Bulgarian law enforcement.

All this is essentially a side story following from some documents the Bulgarian police has seized in relation to the investigation of another crime.

Unfortunately, I have only a Bulgarian source for this story:

bird.bg/ruja-ignatova-…

OK, the main source of information is a police document, which is a report from an informant.

The informant reports that someone, who was an in-law of the narco boss, shared with friends (while drunk) that the boss took measures for Ruja to disappear.

The Bulgarian authorities have not started an investigation into the death of Ilieva. Their reasoning is basically insufficient evidence. Can't say I blame them - this whole thing sounds like hearsay from a drunk man.

While the Ilieva part is probably what's the most interesting for the international audience, the whole article is an amazing story of the incredible levels of corruption within the Bulgarian law enforcement.

Police precinct chief being shot, lead of Homicide department covering and informing the narco boss and his vacationing in Cuba paid by one of the narco boss' henchmen... Oh, my.

Also, the article says that copies of the documents related to this case have been provided to the US embassy, so the FBI ought to be aware of them.