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Court Orders $204.6 Million Penalties in CFTC Binary Options Case
The defendants were found guilty of illegal binary options trading and fraudulent practices.
They are permanently barred from CFTC registration and trading on any registered entity.
Thursday, 14/03/2024 | 17:36 GMT
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Tareq Sikder
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Serbian Man Faces 20 Years of Time for 20 Sham Trading Platforms
Over $70 million was stolen in fraudulent trading schemes.
The fraudster offered investments in cryptocurrencies and binary options.
Sunday, 05/11/2023 | 13:50 GMT
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Damian Chmiel
Retail FX
Soros-Backed Hedge Fund Manager Convicted in Forex Scandal
The accused now faces up to 10 years behind bars.
The defense argues that Phillips did not commit any wrongdoing and was implementing a legal trading strategy.
Thursday, 26/10/2023 | 07:38 GMT
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SignalPush, a Binary Options Signal Provider, Fined $100,000
The platform solicited customers to sign up for its services.
Its name first emerged in another enforcement action against binary options fraud.
Wednesday, 30/08/2023 | 05:14 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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Israeli Authorities Close $65m Laundering Case against 24option.com's Founder
Hayun allegedly laundered funds obtained from 24option's operations.
The company was once a popular platform in the binary options market.
Monday, 12/06/2023 | 08:51 GMT
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Damian Chmiel
Retail FX
International Scamming Network: Israel Awaits German Extradition Request
Europol with cooperation of Israeli police made some 'high-value' arrests last month.
The schemes defrauded at least 33,000 victims, many of them from Germany
Thursday, 04/05/2023 | 16:04 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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UK Court Jails Three for Binary Options Scam
BMG offered investments in binary options trading but was a scam in reality.
The convicts used the investors' funds for personal spending.
Friday, 07/04/2023 | 06:36 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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CFTC Charges Glen Point Capital for FX Market Manipulation
Its Co-CIO manipulated USD/ZAR prices for receiving payouts from two binary options contracts.
He even explicitly revealed his market manipulation intentions to the bank salesperson.
Friday, 16/12/2022 | 05:56 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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CME Group Launches Event Contracts for Retail Investors
Each event contract is capped at $20 per contract.
Interactive Brokers, CQG, NinjaTrader, Dorman Trading and Ironbeam have been onboarded.
Monday, 19/09/2022 | 21:06 GMT
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ASIC Extends Binary Options Ban until October 2031
The ban will restrict licensed brokers from offering binary options to retail traders.
It initially came into effect on 3 May 2021.
Monday, 05/09/2022 | 06:06 GMT
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SpotFN and Binary FN Boss Extradited to the US, Faces Wire Fraud Charges
If convicted, he could face up to 20 years of prison time.
He and his co-conspirators stole more than $5 million from binary options investors.
Monday, 18/07/2022 | 07:27 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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US Court Hits FX and Binary Options Pool Fraud with $29M in Penalty
The scheme operated for five years.
The operators misappropriated funds and made Ponzi payments.
Monday, 18/07/2022 | 06:14 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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CME’s Event Contracts: Are Binary Options Back?
CME is going to launch retail event contracts on 19 September.
Binary options are banned across Europe, Australia, the UK and several other countries.
Friday, 08/07/2022 | 10:43 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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CME Group to Offer Binary Options Products in September
The contracts would allow individuals to trade their views in CME futures markets.
Binary options trading is banned in most European countries.
Tuesday, 28/06/2022 | 20:47 GMT
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ASIC Wants to Extend Retail Binary Options Ban to October 2031
The existing ban on the retail sale of binary options will expire on 7 October 2022.
ASIC issued a consultation paper seeking feedback on the extension of the ban.
Thursday, 26/05/2022 | 06:37 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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CySEC Raises Red Flag on Websites Associated to Binarium Ltd
Six domains were mentioned in the warning.
The watchdog recently warned on four forex websites.
Monday, 02/05/2022 | 19:43 GMT
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Felipe Erazo
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Israeli Police Arrest Two in Alleged Binary Options and CFDs Fraud
Germany requested the extradition of 2 Israeli citizens suspected of fraud.
The alleged websites offered investing in binary options & CFDs while promising high ROI.
Thursday, 10/02/2022 | 13:55 GMT
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Matti Williamson
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CFTC Fines Binary Options Platform Polymarket $1.4 Million
The platform was offering event-based contracts.
It agreed to wind down all non-compliant services.
Tuesday, 04/01/2022 | 07:33 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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Philippines Arrests Alleged Mastermind of Forex Fraud Based Eastern Europe
One of the alleged scammer's partners was previously convicted in Austria for fraud charges.
Tuesday, 26/10/2021 | 21:44 GMT
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Felipe Erazo
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Alleged Names of Suspects Involved in Israeli Binary Options Fraud Revealed
A media outlet disclosed some of the names of key people involved in the binary options scam busted by Israel and Germany.
Wednesday, 20/10/2021 | 15:54 GMT
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Felipe Erazo
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15 Israelis Arrested for Binary Options Fraud
The prime suspect who was arrested is an Israeli lawyer.
Wednesday, 20/10/2021 | 10:49 GMT
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Europol Cracks Down EUR 15 Million Binary Options Fraud Ring
Eight houses searches were performed across Bulgaria, Cyprus and Ukraine.
Monday, 11/10/2021 | 16:14 GMT
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Felipe Erazo
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Insider Reveals an Alleged Fraudulent Binary Options Scheme from SpotOption
The video recording was already submitted to Tel Aviv District Court in June.
Monday, 04/10/2021 | 16:06 GMT
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Felipe Erazo
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CFTC Flags 14 Binary Options Platforms Offering FX, Crypto Trading
These platforms are falsely claiming to have been registered and authorized in the country.
Thursday, 30/09/2021 | 06:39 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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ASIC Prioritizes Monitoring of CFDs and Binary Options Compliances
The agency has kept these actions under the stage 2 priority of its four-year corporate plan.
Thursday, 26/08/2021 | 07:50 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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