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Texas Regulator Strikes FX Trader with Cease and Desist Order
2020-04-18T00:07:49.000+02:00
Ramos pooled money from investors with the promise that it would “profit off the coronavirus with forex.”
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Britons Warned to Watch out for Instagram FX Scams
2020-04-08T19:30:27.000+02:00
While these bogus profiles advertise get-rich-quick schemes, they do not even have a website and operate solely on social media.
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FCA Receives 69 FX Market Manipulation Reports in 2019
2020-02-28T15:23:58.000+02:00
The most reports received were for equity-related transactions.
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SL Markets May Be Operating a Scam, New Zealand’s FMA Warns
2020-02-24T09:30:43.000+02:00
The entity claims to be authorized in the country, when, in fact, it is not.
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Regulation
FCA Flags Tradixa and Bitcoinmarketscap as Unauthorized
2020-02-21T14:48:19.000+02:00
The entities both claim to offer foreign exchange trading.
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Austria’s FMA Warns Against BIC Asset Management
2020-02-20T13:21:39.000+02:00
The entity is not authorised to offer its services in the country.
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FCA Flags EEA Clone Firm Advisory Broker Services
2020-02-19T15:42:51.000+02:00
The entity claims to be specialist fixed income advisors and brokers.
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Germany’s BaFin Alerts Residents to Nexo - Group
2020-02-14T15:31:01.000+02:00
The entity has been operating in Germany without the proper authorization.
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Regulation
FCA Remains Vigilant, Warns Against Clone Firm Goldmans Banc
2020-02-10T14:07:24.000+02:00
The regulator states that Goldmans Banc is a clone firm of GMB Portfolio Services Limited.
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Aussies Lose $1.43 Million to Investment Scams in January 2020
2020-02-10T09:37:53.000+02:00
The amount lost last month has increased by almost 100% year-on-year.
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Austria’s FMA Warns Against Swissinv24 Ltd
2020-01-31T15:33:11.000+02:00
According to the regulator, the entity is not authorized to operate in the country.
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FCA Flags Capital International Management Company
2020-01-31T13:04:45.000+02:00
The British regulator warned that the entity is a clone firm of an authorized EEA firm.
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Regulation
Austria’s FMA Warns Against Prestige Financial Markets
2020-01-24T12:07:50.000+02:00
According to the regulator, the entity has been operating without the proper authorization.
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AFCA Announces Support for Compensation Scheme of Last Resort
2019-12-30T11:01:53.000+02:00
The scheme aims to bring confidence to the larger financial industry in Australia.
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FSMA Warns Against Trading Platforms Using Social Media
2019-12-18T13:10:56.000+02:00
The Belgian regulator has warned against six entities in its latest update.
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Thailand Authorities Seize $500,000 from Forex-3D Associates
2019-12-06T10:03:50.000+02:00
The DSI seized assets from Apiruk Kothi, the owner of Forex-3D and his network members.
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Regulation
ASIC Flags Three Unregulated FX Firms Including Fibonetix
2019-12-06T08:43:19.000+02:00
Fibonetix has previously been blacklisted by another financial regulator.
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FCA Calls Out OMC Markets As Unauthorized FX Broker
2019-11-28T12:57:37.000+02:00
The Sofia-based entity is targeting people in the UK.
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Swiss Regulator FINMA Adds HandelFX to Warning List
2019-11-14T10:38:01.000+02:00
In the warning, the Swiss regulator provides the company’s name and website address.
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Judge Sets Jan 8 Sentencing Date for President of Oasis FX Scam
2019-11-13T11:32:03.000+02:00
If convicted, he faces more than 30 years in federal prison and up to $600,000 in fines.
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Regulation
CONSOB Orders Blackout of 6 Websites Offering Financial Services
2019-11-11T11:52:51.000+02:00
Since July, the Italian regulator has ordered 77 sites to be blocked in Italy.
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CFTC Charges Denari Capital & Co, with $8.3 Million FX Fraud
2019-11-06T09:20:18.000+02:00
The fraudsters managed to con at least 28 participants, the CFTC alleges.
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Spain's CNMV Warns Against 21 Unauthorized FX & Crypto Firms
2019-10-28T16:43:11.000+02:00
The warning posts a clear picture of the prevalence of scams within Europe.
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FCA Adds FX Broker Investteck to its List of Unauthorized Firms
2019-10-25T15:05:59.000+02:00
The entity is targeting UK consumers without having the proper authorization.
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Belgium’s FSMA Warns Against FX, CFD and Binary Fraudsters
2019-10-24T13:27:57.000+02:00
The regulator has identified four entities operating in Belgium without authorization.
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