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CFTC Failed to Locate Director of Crypto Scam Control-Finance

  • The scheme defrauded over 1,000 customers for over $147 million.
Wednesday, 08/01/2020 | 13:50 GMT by Arnab Shome
Regulation

AFCA Announces Support for Compensation Scheme of Last Resort

  • The scheme aims to bring confidence to the larger financial industry in Australia.
Monday, 30/12/2019 | 09:01 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Regulation

Former Hedge Fund Trader Jailed After Performance Scheme

  • Jeremy Shor, a former trader at Premium Point Investments was sentenced to 40 months in prison.
Tuesday, 19/11/2019 | 08:20 GMT by Jeff Patterson
Regulation

ACCC: Australians Have Lost $33M to Investment Scams in 2019

  • As of September, Aussie investors have lost 16.4 percent more than they did in all of 2018.
Thursday, 10/10/2019 | 09:49 GMT by Celeste Skinner
News

US Authority Arrests Early Ethereum Advisor Over Extortion Charges

  • If convicted, the accused will face up to 20 years in prison.
Thursday, 19/09/2019 | 09:13 GMT by Arnab Shome
Regulation

Clearstream Probed Over Cum-EX Fraud

  • Staff allegedly helped facilitate the scheme and lied to authorities about their ability to detect suspicious behavior
Thursday, 12/09/2019 | 11:51 GMT by David Kimberley
Regulation

FCA Chair: Investment Fraud has Reached Epidemic Proportions

  • The regulator has called on internet giants to do more in protecting consumers against scams.
Thursday, 05/09/2019 | 10:05 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Thought Leaders

Why Online Investment Scams Are Ruining it for Everyone

  • Online investment scams are damaging the entire industry’s reputation.
Thursday, 01/08/2019 | 08:20 GMT by Sponsored
Regulation

Federal Court Allows CFTC Case Against $290M Fraud to Proceed

  • The CFTC alleges Monex Deposit Company scammed thousands of retail customers out of more than $290 million.
Friday, 26/07/2019 | 16:49 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader
News

US Indites Crypto Escrow Firm Principal for $7 Million Fraud

  • He is charged with two counts of wire fraud and two counts of commodities fraud.
Friday, 26/07/2019 | 07:27 GMT by Arnab Shome
Regulation

NZ FX Broker Russell Maher Pleads Guilty to 47 Fraud Charges

  • 52-year-old Maher provided foreign exchange services through Forex Brokers Limited.
Tuesday, 23/07/2019 | 09:08 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Brokers

Social Media Forex Scheme Perpetrator Convicted

  • Kelvin Ramirez is required to pay almost $3 million as he defrauded over 400 victims
Friday, 19/07/2019 | 14:19 GMT by Victor Golovtchenko
News

$14 Million Crypto Scam Leads to 4 Arrests in India

  • Four promoters of "KBC Coin" have been arrested by law enforcement agents in the city of Surat.
Friday, 05/07/2019 | 07:02 GMT by Rachel McIntosh
News

Jason Flack Pleads Guilty to Running Cryptocurrency Fraud

  • The scheme defrauded victims out of $194,000, 4.41 Bitcoin, 206 Litecoin, 620 Ethereum Classic, and 1,342,634 Verge coins.
Friday, 21/06/2019 | 22:24 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader
News

Crypto Investor Sues OneCoin After Losing $130,000

  • Earlier in March, the FBI arrested the alleged leader of OneCoin on counts of defrauding investors out of $4 billion.
Tuesday, 07/05/2019 | 20:33 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader
Regulation

FCA Flags Fraudsters Pretending to Represent BTG Pactual

  • Another day, another scam
Thursday, 25/04/2019 | 09:55 GMT by David Kimberley
Regulation

Serious Fraud Office to Investigate London Capital & Finance

  • The ISA issuer went into administration this January, having raised around £236 million
Monday, 18/03/2019 | 15:09 GMT by David Kimberley
Regulation

CFTC Brings Fraud Charges Against FX Trader Kelvin Ramirez

  • Ramirez made a series of materially false claims primarily through social media, including Instagram and WhatsApp.
Friday, 15/02/2019 | 15:57 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader
Regulation

Interactive Brokers Pays $100K to Settle Supervision Case

  • Interactive Brokers carried several accounts managed by Peter Zuck, who has a history of financial crime convictions.
Monday, 11/02/2019 | 21:10 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader
News

Fraud Alert: Fake Bakkt Website is Seeking Funds

  • The fake website claims the launch of the project is on March 12, while Bakkt has no launch date in sight.
Friday, 08/02/2019 | 09:36 GMT by Arnab Shome
Regulation

UK Investors Lost Over £197 Million in Investment Scams in 2018

  • The most common scams reported were in forex, cryptocurrency, shares and bond investments.
Wednesday, 06/02/2019 | 11:22 GMT by Celeste Skinner
News

Investor Duped of $2 Million Worth MCash Tokens by Investment Firm

  • The investor is now seeking $6 million in damages.
Wednesday, 06/02/2019 | 09:07 GMT by Arnab Shome
Regulation

Serious Fraud Office Appoints New Chief Intelligence Officer

  • John Kielty joined the organisation back in 2015 after a lengthy career in the Metropolitan Police
Friday, 25/01/2019 | 15:54 GMT by David Kimberley
Regulation

Clone Firm of Nadex is Targeting Clients on Social Media

  • The exchange has warned its users not to deal with the Nadex Investment Team.
Thursday, 24/01/2019 | 06:57 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Regulation

FINMA Adds Marcus Korsten Clone to Warning List

  • Fraudsters appear to have been posing as the FCA-regulated financial services firm
Thursday, 13/12/2018 | 17:12 GMT by David Kimberley
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