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Canada’s OSC Flags Forex Broker Axe Invest
2019-10-21T21:57:20.000+02:00
Australian regulator ASIC has also warned against the entity.
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Grant Thornton Seeks Financial Bakers to Recover EuroFX Assets
2019-10-17T20:21:37.000+02:00
High-profile licenses helped EuroFX defraud close to 4,000 people around the world out of more than $632.3 million.
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ACCC: Australians Have Lost $33M to Investment Scams in 2019
2019-10-10T11:49:04.000+02:00
As of September, Aussie investors have lost 16.4 percent more than they did in all of 2018.
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France’s AMF Blacklists 7 Forex and 3 Crypto Entities
2019-10-08T14:12:09.000+02:00
The regulator has flagged the entities alongside the Prudential Supervisory and Resolution Authority (ACPR).
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OmegaFX Limited Singled Out by Austria’s FMA
2019-10-03T15:22:46.000+02:00
The regulator has flagged the entity for operating without the proper authorisation.
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CySEC Flags Binomo.com as an “Unauthorized Entity”
2019-09-25T12:38:14.000+02:00
Binomo, however, has rejected the regulator's claims.
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FCA Keeps a Close Watch, Flags Midpoint Exchange Clone Firm
2019-09-25T08:42:44.000+02:00
The entity is a clone firm of Midpoint & Transfer Ltd, the regulator warned.
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SEC Stops Alleged $125 Million Trading Scam
2019-09-19T08:25:20.000+02:00
The regulator has filed a complaint, accusing Mediatrix Capital Inc. and its three principals of fraud.
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Admiral Markets Impersonators Target LTAM Investors
2019-09-16T17:26:27.000+02:00
The fake staff contacted clients registered with other broker websites to request trading deposits.
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CFTC Files Charges Against FuturesFX for Alleged FX Scam
2019-09-11T10:54:52.000+02:00
The charges are also against Simon Jousef, the owner of FuturesFX.
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FCA Chair: Investment Fraud has Reached Epidemic Proportions
2019-09-05T12:05:58.000+02:00
The regulator has called on internet giants to do more in protecting consumers against scams.
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FCA Updates Warning List, Adds Two Suspicious Trading Entities
2019-08-21T13:54:39.000+02:00
The entities in question are Breckland Trading and Rendex Trading.
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New Zealand's FMA Calls Out Two Suspected FX Scams
2019-08-21T08:00:13.000+02:00
Dang Kang International Group and Profitix and Enigma GRC Limited were the subjects of the warnings.
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Kenyan Regulator Warns Against FX Scams
2019-08-16T12:55:14.000+02:00
The central bank said brokers have been targeting Kenyans via social media and mass emails
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Luxembourg’s CSSF Remains Vigilant, Flags Webnet Ltd
2019-08-16T11:31:35.000+02:00
Webnet Ltd claims to be a forex and CFD broker.
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AFCA Receives Complaints Against Forex Financial Services
2019-08-16T10:05:00.000+02:00
Consumers complained that an entity by the name of Forex Financial Services has been withholding funds.
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IFSC Updates Blacklist, Adds Unauthorized Firm GANN MARKETS
2019-08-15T09:34:01.000+02:00
The entity is falsely claiming to be regulated with Belize, the regulator warned.
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Austrian Watchdog Flags Two Unauthorized FX Firms
2019-08-14T13:55:07.000+02:00
The warnings are against OMC Markets (Personal Found Ltd) and Zuitex.
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Regulators Remain Vigilant, BaFin and FCA Flag Suspected Scams
2019-08-06T15:58:09.000+02:00
BaFin has warned against Sky Hub Limited and the FCA has blacklisted Profit Trading Ltd as a clone firm.
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ASIC Adds 5 Unauthorized FX & Crypto Firms to its Blacklist
2019-08-02T11:10:05.000+02:00
The regulator suspects that the entities may be involved in some kind of scam.
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Regulation
NZ FX Broker Russell Maher Pleads Guilty to 47 Fraud Charges
2019-07-23T11:08:37.000+02:00
52-year-old Maher provided foreign exchange services through Forex Brokers Limited.
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Luxembourg’s CSSF Warns Against Unregulated FX & Crypto Entity
2019-07-22T13:17:57.000+02:00
The regulator states that Zeus Tech & Trading Group Ltd is an unknown entity.
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New Zealand’s FMA Flags Suspected Clone Broker Fern Group NZ
2019-07-17T10:25:01.000+02:00
The regulator states the entity is not associated with the New Zealand registered company Fern Group NZ Limited.
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FSMA Flags 4 Suspicious Firms, Reminds Investors to be Careful
2019-07-16T11:43:34.000+02:00
Among the entities, Ae Global Invest has been named.
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20 People File Complaint with Thailand’s DSI Over FX Scam
2019-07-16T09:18:19.000+02:00
The complainants allege that they have been scammed by a woman called Thanida Prompichai.
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