Jennifer McAdam – författare

The astonishing true story of the Scottish coal miner's daughter who took on the Mafia-backed creators of the world's biggest financial fraud and helped the FBI to convict themSoon to be a major Hollywood film directed by Scott Z Burns 'In the 1990s, Erin Brockovich showed what a difference one smart, angry woman can make in a world that marginalized her. Jen McAdam stepped forward in our time to shut down a diabolical fraud that preys those most desperate.' Scott Z Burns, Director (Contagion and The Bourne Ultimatum)As featured on the hit BBC podcast The Missing CryptoqueenJen McAdam was a victim of the OneCoin global cryptocurrency fraud, which stole an estimated $27 billion from ordinary people around the world. The evil genius of the scam was its target, society's 'unbanked,' not wealthy investors, and it robbed millions of their livelihood and futures. The poor became poorer.The brutal plundering led by self-styled Cryptoqueen Ruja Ignatova defied all legal and banking barriers bamboozling financial authorities " until Jen McAdam fought back.With a £15,000 inheritance from her father, saved from a careful life in a west of Scotland mining town, Jen wanted to invest wisely for her family's future and was enraptured by the possibilities offered by OneCoin's promotional material and convincing endorsements from celebrities and financial institutions. They, like all Dr Ruja's flamboyant promises, were bogus.Jen McAdam was the first victim brave enough to fight back and despite death threats and an intimidating campaign to shut her down, and through a debilitating illness, strived tirelessly for justice - for herself, her family and friends, and the millions around the world who lost everything. She created and continues to lead victims 'support groups and in 2023, as the OneCoin bandits were being punished by international courts, spearheaded a move to get financial compensation for the many whose life hopes were cruelly crushed by the Cryptoqueen.This is a true David-and-Goliath story. It shows us the power we can have as individuals, even when things seem hopeless.

The astonishing true story of the Scottish coal miners daughter who took on the Mafia-endorsed creators of the worlds biggest financial fraud and helped the FBI to convict themsoon to be a major motion picture.Jen McAdam, Scottish grandmother and daughter of a coal miner, was a victim of the Onecoin global crypto-currency fraud, which conned an estimated $27billionfrom ordinary people around the world. Unlike Madoff or Enron, who relieved the world's wealthiest investors of their cash, the genius of the Onecoin scam was that it targeted the poorest people in the world, the 'unbanked' -people who struggled to get approval for bank accounts, and when they realized they had lost everything, were unlikely to be able to fight back. But they didn't bank on Jen McAdam.Jen's father left her GBP15,000 when he died; his savings from a living a careful life in a small Scottish mining town. Jen wanted this money to be the start of a better life for her and her son. She was digitally savvy, and she had heard of peoplemaking fortunes with Bitcoin. When she saw the promotional material for Onecoin - the founder Dr Ruja apparently featured in the Economist, videos of celebrity attendedevents, gushing video testimonials of people, just like her, who had changed their lives. She was entranced.Only months later, she realized she would never see her money again.Jen was one of the first victims to fight back, and despiteterrifying attempts to shut her andher growing support groups down, she has tirelessly fought for justice for herself, her family and friends and the millions around the world who have lost everything, in some cases even their lives. Jen is a modern Erin Brokovich, and this is a true David and Goliath story, to give us all a message of hope about the power we as individuals can have, even when things seem hopeless.