SEC Bars, Fines Two Men in Binary Options Fraud

The Securities and Exchange Exchange An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv Read this Term Commission today announced that it has received a Washington federal judge’s blessing to fine two Israeli men for operating a binary options scam that defrauded more than 2,800 US investors to the sum of $5 million.

The two defendants were named as Anton Senderov and Lior Babazara, who owned and controlled two binary options brands, LBinary and Ivory Option. Until recently, those two sites were operated from offices of LianTech Finance Marketing Ltd in Ramat Gan.

The SEC said the brokers operated a Call Center Call Center In general, a call center is defined as an office equipped with the technology and hardware to handle and process a large volume of incoming or outgoing phone calls. Call Centers today have expanded from simple telecommunication to all forms of communication, including online customer support and live chat features and the use of VOIP, including video calls. Initially, call centers were designed for selling or taking orders and for customer support. Call centers of yesterday were the precursor o In general, a call center is defined as an office equipped with the technology and hardware to handle and process a large volume of incoming or outgoing phone calls. Call Centers today have expanded from simple telecommunication to all forms of communication, including online customer support and live chat features and the use of VOIP, including video calls. Initially, call centers were designed for selling or taking orders and for customer support. Call centers of yesterday were the precursor o Read this Term in Israel that functioned as a 'boiler room', a type of fraud that involves cold calling potential investors, offering to sell them exotic financial products.

The two men were ordered by Judge Rosanna Malouf Peterson to jointly disgorge $560,773.00 in illegal profits they collected from the scheme’s victims. Further, the court hit Anton Senderov, 34, and Lior Babazara, 37, with a civil penalty totaling $350,000.

The order also bars the defendants from the securities industry, in particular selling any binary options products in the future.

Lbinary Was Promoted by Michael Shah

The SEC’s complaint, which was filed in federal district court in the Eastern District of Washington, describes how most investors lost money, with some losing their entire savings after the brokers’ staff used fraudulent statements to induce them to invest. The regulator also said the defendants usually refused to allow these clients to withdraw their money.

The alleged binary options fraud took place from January 2014 through to August 2017. As was customary, LBinary and Ivory employees lied about their names, location, titles, experience, and the fact that they made profits when the traders lost their balance.

The two brands were mentioned earlier this year when the CFTC hit a binary options operator with over $22 million penalties for defrauding his American victims through numerous websites. A Florida federal court fined online advertiser, Michael Shah and his company, Zilmil, Inc. Shah, who worked in tandem with call centers in Israel in return for large commissions, sent traffic to binary options sites including LBinary, TraderXP, Trade Rush, Banc de Binary, and OptionRally.