{"id":29915,"date":"2020-10-11T10:02:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T07:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=29915"},"modified":"2025-08-27T19:36:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T16:36:46","slug":"titanic-star-to-play-lead-role-in-film-about-onecoin-crypto-pyramid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/titanic-star-to-play-lead-role-in-film-about-onecoin-crypto-pyramid\/","title":{"rendered":"Titanic star to play lead role in film about OneCoin crypto pyramid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oscar-winning Kate Winslet will play the lead role in the film about the OneCoin cryptocurrency pyramid. The actress will also serve as a producer of the picture, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2020\/10\/kate-winslet-scott-z-burns-mgm-fake-onecoin-movie-1234594621\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deadline<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The film Fake! (&#8220;Fake!&#8221;) is based on the unpublished book by Jen MacAdam and Douglas Thompson, which tells the real story of MacAdam&#8217;s involvement in OneCoin. The book will be offered to publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair, which opens on October 14.<\/p>\n<p>The $4 billion OneCoin cryptocurrency pyramid was founded in 2014 by Ruja Ignatova together with Sebastian Greenwood. For more on the scam of the decade, read ForkLog:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"dGEu5CnQPC\">\n<p>The Scam of the Century: how a doctor of legal science organized the OneCoin pyramid and disappeared with billions of euros<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201c\u0421\u043a\u0430\u043c \u0434\u0435\u0441\u044f\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0435\u0442\u0438\u044f: \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0434\u043e\u043a\u0442\u043e\u0440 \u044e\u0440\u0438\u0434\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u043d\u0430\u0443\u043a \u043e\u0440\u0433\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u043f\u0438\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0438\u0434\u0443 OneCoin \u0438 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u043f\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u0431\u0435\u0437 \u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0441 \u043c\u0438\u043b\u043b\u0438\u0430\u0440\u0434\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u0435\u0432\u0440\u043e\u201d \u2014 ForkLog\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/exclusive\/skam-desyatiletiya-kak-doktor-yuridicheskih-nauk-organizovala-piramidu-onecoin-i-propala-bez-vesti-s-milliardami-evro\/embed#?secret=yW8qcTqrHM#?secret=dGEu5CnQPC\" data-secret=\"dGEu5CnQPC\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>MacAdam became a victim of OneCoin and founded a support group for victims. She, her friends and family invested in and lost about $300,000 in the Ponzi scheme.<\/p>\n<p>MacAdam will be executive producer of the film about the pyramid; Scott Burns will serve as director and screenwriter. He is known as the screenwriter of The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), The Informant! (2009) and Contagion (2011). Winslet starred in the latter.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, New Regency Television International announced a series about OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova based on the BBC podcast The Missing Crypto Queen.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog News on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full feed of news, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oscar-winning Kate Winslet will play the lead role in the film about the OneCoin cryptocurrency pyramid. 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