A woman who was conned in a global cryptocurrency scam has said she hopes her exposé of the scheme’s founder will stop others becoming victims.
Jen McAdam, whose story is to be turned into a movie, lost about £9000 to the OneCoin Ponzi scheme which defrauded up to £4billion from people worldwide.
She also persuaded family and friends to put in about £220,000, before realising they were not going to get it back.
Jen, 52, from Glasgow, is campaigning for justice for those conned and is set to publish her book Devil’s Coin, which details how she fought back against OneCoin boss Ruja Ignatova.
The rights to Devil’s Coin, which will be released next month by Ad Lib, were snapped up by studio MGM and Oscar-winner Kate Winslet has been tipped to play her.
Jen said: “After years of overcoming establishment obstruction and legal hurdles, I’m so grateful Ad Lib is publishing Devil’s Coin and the voices of the victims are being heard.
“It’s important for everyone to know the truth and not become victims themselves.
“Millions of us know how easy it is to be betrayed and robbed and that hurts, especially when those you look to for help turn their backs. For some my story, and the telling of it, was ‘too much trouble’. My heartfelt thanks to Ad Lib for taking the trouble.”
“Missing cryptoqueen” Ignatova disappeared in 2017 and is on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list.
The 43-year-old, from Bulgaria, vanished after bugging a flat belonging to her US boyfriend and learning he was working with the FBI on their probe into OneCoin.
The film of Jen’s book will be directed by Scott Z Burns who will also write the screenplay. He previously scripted The Bourne Ultimatum and Contagion.
Burns said: “In the 1990s, Erin Brockovich showed what a difference one smart, angry woman can make in a world that marginalised her.
“Jen McAdam stepped forward in our time to shut down a diabolical fraud that preys on those most desperate.”
●Devil’s Coin will be published on August 8
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