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FX "Investment Club" JL Trading Disappears along with £130 Million of Clients' Funds
- British police are investigating an alleged fraud over claims about $200 million went missing from an FX investment company as its manager, Joe Lewis, left his office abroad and can no longer be found anywhere.
Sunday, 21/12/2014 | 14:29 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Dutch Financial Watchdog Warns about Ftradition, a Suspected Seychelles Boiler Room Scam
- Ftradition claims to offer "Stock Exchange Products" on its website but in some sections it also calls itself "ForexTradition." At any point, the unlicensed broker seems to focus mostly on CFDs.
Tuesday, 09/12/2014 | 12:08 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
They Just Keep Coming! British Financial Watchdog Warns of Three More Forex Clone Scams
- Like with many clones before, the sites seem to primarily target Chinese speakers. Today's batch are of higher quality as far as graphics are concerned showing an improvement in the skills fraudsters imploy.
Thursday, 30/10/2014 | 15:46 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
The Price Isn't Right! "Dead" Banker Sentenced to 70 Years in Jail for $72 Million Fraud
- Aubrey Lee Price, a former preacher and investment adviser who faked his own death, pleaded guilty to defrauding his clients and his bank and was sentenced to 70 years in prison Tuesday by a U.S federal court.
Wednesday, 29/10/2014 | 11:43 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Cyprus and Mauritius Watchdogs Spell Out ill-Devised Broker Scam
- The CySEC and FSC Mauritius has informed the public that LiveFX Trader is not and has not at any time been licensed by neither regulator, citing ill-devised fraudulent documentation with some basic errors.
Monday, 27/10/2014 | 15:10 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
U.S Watchdog Charges Forex Monthly Income Fund with Fraud for Misappropriating over $1 Mln
- A firm that guaranteed senior citizens monthly returns on their investment based on profits earned from trading allegedly never traded but rather misappropriated more than $1 million of the pool participants’ funds.
Tuesday, 07/10/2014 | 16:19 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
You Were Warned! Ukrainian Broker MMCIS Limits Withdrawals as Part of Anti-Crisis Measures
- After reported allegations against the broker it issued an emergency anti-crisis program to "stabilize the company under a raider attack and eliminate panic" including increasing its number of lawyers and security.
Tuesday, 07/10/2014 | 15:28 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Easy Forex Might Face 500 MLN Shekel Class Action Lawsuit, Israeli Paper Estimates
- The Tel Aviv District Court has recently decided that there is a "probable chance" that one of the biggest Israeli brokers will qualify as offering unlicensed investment advice, marketing and investment management.
Sunday, 14/09/2014 | 13:56 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
IronFX Grilled on Chinese TV by Affiliates, Criminal Fraud Investigation Filed on Air - Updated
- In a 20 minute report, a journalist went undercover to experience the deposit process and track the money. A Chinese official called for a “severe punishment” in the event that IronFX is found to be operating illegally.
Thursday, 04/09/2014 | 08:00 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
UK Watchdog Warns against a Boiler Room Scam Clone Targeting Asian Traders as LCG
- The British Financial Conduct Authority issues warnings against a Singapore-based clone website pretending to be London Capital Group Asia and about an unauthorised or "independent" firm targeting UK investors.
Thursday, 28/08/2014 | 08:06 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Another FCA Warning: AMT Markets is a Cloned Chinese Broker
- the watchdog has warned against the cloned firm, who claims to be U.K based to allure potential Chinese traders with a british brand but its website domain is registered under Jiaxin Liu from Guangzhou, China.
Thursday, 21/08/2014 | 09:09 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
So Who Can You Trust?! MIT Business Professor Pleads Guilty to Running a $500 Million Scam
- A former Dean at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, solicited investors for more than half a billion USD based on his "quantitative models derived through extensive research" and channeled them to Bernie Madoff.
Monday, 18/08/2014 | 09:45 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Trying to Sue Your FX/CFD Broker? In Israel It Might Cost You Dearly
- The Tel Aviv District Court rejected an Israeli trader's claim that Atrade, a local subsidiary of AvaTrade, profited from client losses and fined him NIS 75,000 to pay the broker for compensation.
Wednesday, 30/07/2014 | 05:51 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
FCA Initiates Prosecution of Currencytrader Over Alleged Fraud
- Phillip Harold Boakes of currency-trader.co.uk is accused by the British financial watchdog of theft, six counts of fraud, three counts of using a false instrument and accepting deposits without authorization.
Wednesday, 23/07/2014 | 14:21 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
CFTC: A Forex Firm Promising to "Consistently Deliver in All Market Conditions" Is Fraud
- The US watchdog added allegations of fraudulent misrepresentation, false statements and misappropriation of $1 million of pool participant funds to charges against Daniel K. Steele, who got $2 million from investors
Sunday, 20/07/2014 | 11:29 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
FBI Busted a $3.4 Million Fake Forex Trading Scam
- Marcellus Lopes Lee solicited investors to send funds to Taurus Global Markets, his Belize FX trading firm when he actually operated in Massachusetts and never really traded. He is now facing twenty years in jail.
Wednesday, 16/07/2014 | 18:52 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Chinese State TV Warns about FX Trading, Cites IFX and SFX as Culprits
- In a Chinese CCTV’s "FX speculation black platforms" story, traders who lost their money lamented suspicious brokers’ malfunction. Forex Magnates brings the translated transcript of the news report.
Sunday, 06/07/2014 | 14:34 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
The FX Corporate Identity Theft Trend Continues, FCA Warns About Another Clone
- Scammers are giving out some of the details of MN Financial Services Ltd., a former Appointed Representative Firm, to trick victims. This is the latest warning about a growing trend of "cloning" FX firms.
Wednesday, 23/04/2014 | 20:33 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
CFTC Charges Melody Nganthuy Phan with Elaborate Forex Scheme Valued at $3.7 Million
- The CFTC has filed civil enforcement charges, among others, against Melody Nganthuy Phan and her congregation of three companies for a fraudulent foreign exchange scheme valued at over $3.7 million.
Thursday, 27/02/2014 | 23:00 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
Data on 2,000 Customers Stolen From Barclays, Whistleblower Confirms to News
- Forex Magnates investigates reports by the Mail on Sunday, the UK publication of the Daily Mail, that 2,000 customers' account data had been stolen from Barclays, as shown by a whistleblower to the news publication.
Monday, 10/02/2014 | 20:39 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
Forex Thief Gets 15 Years, Gambled Clients' Funds at Casino, Tried Evading Capture
- The slick forex fraudster wasn't so smooth, after unlawful conduct, including evading feds and obtaining a high quality fake Russian passport, were not enough to keep Aleksander Efrosman from getting a +15 year prison term.
Thursday, 16/01/2014 | 09:58 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
Chinese Bitcoin Exchange GBL Goes Missing Along With $4.1 Million of Client Funds
- GBL, a Beijing based exchange claiming to be registered in Hong Kong, was suspected to be a fraud since its inception earlier this year, on the 26th of October shut down and 1000 investors lost their money.
Wednesday, 13/11/2013 | 17:39 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Fraudster Who Led MMA Forex In Dubai Sentenced To Two Years In Jail
- Malik Noureed Awan has been sentenced to two years in jail following a guilty verdict at a court in Dubai on allegations of fraud. Mr Awan's company, MMA Forex had taken deposits from customers that it could not return.
Thursday, 07/11/2013 | 08:40 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Indian Godfather of Derivatives Trading Packs Up - Jignesh Shah Resigns
- In a flurry of bad news hitting India's NSEL, spot exchange, the lead architect behind the venture has decided to quit. Jignesh Shah, the founder of Financial Technologies has resigned from the MCX-SX.
Thursday, 10/10/2013 | 07:55 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
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