Russian 'Queen of Crypto' thrown into gulag while pregnant after being accused of scamming £17million out of investors by saying she was funding Ukrainian Army

A glamorous Russian influencer known as the 'Queen of Crypto' scammed investors out of £17million while claiming she was helping to fund the Ukrainian army. Russian authorities claim Valeria Fedyakina, 24, portrayed herself online as a cryptocurrency expert after allegedly building up her millions in just two months from a pyramid scheme targeting four different people. The pregnant content creator, who went by Bitmama on her social platforms pretended to be a crypto expert with offices across Moscow City, Dubai, Monaco, Serbia and Turkey, CryptoNews reported. Valeria Fedyakina, 24, portrayed herself online as a cryptocurrency expert before reportedly scamming four people out of £17million The pregnant content creator, who went by Bitmama on her social platforms pretended to be a crypto expert with offices across Moscow City, Dubai, Monaco, Serbia and Turkey She is expected to be formally charged next month and faces up to a decade in prison if convicted, reports have claimed Fedyakina's lawyers have continued to deny she had any intention on sending the money gained to tyrant Putin's enemies. She was first arrested in September 2023 on suspicion of running an alleged pyramid scam after victims claimed she conned them out of million Fedyakina was forced to return to detention after giving birth to a daughter in a special maternity hospital 'Fedyakina had a criminal intent to steal money or cryptocurrency by deceiving an indefinite number of people,' it said.