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Italy’s Consob Blocks 5 Illegal Financial Websites

  • The platforms were offering unauthorized financial services.
  • Since July 2019, Consob has ordered to block a total of 693 websites.
Thursday, 05/05/2022 | 15:26 GMT by Bilal Jafar
Thought Leaders

Types of Forex Scams and How to Spot Them

  • Forex traders should not get carried away by bogus promises.
Thursday, 10/03/2022 | 13:25 GMT by ForexBrokers
Thought Leaders

Yotam Dar Speaks on Staying Safe from Money Remittance Operation Scams

  • An analysis on some of the most common types of money remittance operation scams.
Wednesday, 09/03/2022 | 19:14 GMT by Yotam Dar
News

Cryptocurrency Money Laundering Climbs 30% in 2021

  • The role of DeFi in illegal transactions has increased.
  • In 2021, cyber criminals laundered over $8.6 billion worth of digital currencies.
Thursday, 27/01/2022 | 07:13 GMT by Bilal Jafar
Retail FX

Brokeree Solutions Warns on Fake Skype Account Impersonating Them

  • The Estonia-based technology solutions provider noted that scammers are asking for Bitcoin payments via Skype.
Tuesday, 21/09/2021 | 16:49 GMT by Felipe Erazo
Regulation

FCA Outlines Plan to Tackle Investment Scams

  • The authority is planning to reduce the number of consumers who are investing in high-risk financial products.
Wednesday, 15/09/2021 | 11:07 GMT by Bilal Jafar
Thought Leaders

B2Broker CEO Raises Red Flag on Social Media Scams

  • B2Broker is very aware of the many sophisticated scams in existence.
Wednesday, 08/09/2021 | 08:22 GMT by Finance Magnates Staff
Retail FX

Australians Lose More than $70 Million to Investment Scams in H1 2021

  • Projected losses are set to cross $140 million by the end of 2021.
Tuesday, 24/08/2021 | 07:49 GMT by Bilal Jafar
Retail FX

Australians Lost $328 Million to Investment Scams in 2020

  • The citizens lost a total of $850 million to different scams including investment, romance and business email fraud.
Monday, 07/06/2021 | 07:00 GMT by Bilal Jafar
Brokers

Consob Blocks 5 New Illegal FX websites

  • The Italian regulator has blocked a total of 405 illegal websites since July 2019.
Friday, 19/03/2021 | 13:10 GMT by Bilal Jafar
Thought Leaders

Here's How Online Traders Can Invest Safely

  • As most people tend to invest via online apps and platforms, cybersecurity has become an essential part of investing.
Monday, 22/02/2021 | 11:11 GMT by Finance Magnates Staff
News

'Morris Coin' Ponzi Scheme Busted: 36-Year-Old Man Arrested in India

  • Police were tipped off by someone who was not directly involved in the Ponzi scheme.
Monday, 05/10/2020 | 07:00 GMT by Rachel McIntosh
Regulation

FMA Warns of Fraudsters Impersonating Regulator in COVID-19 Scam

  • Scammers are impersonating the regulator, trying to exploit people affected by COVID-19.
Tuesday, 08/09/2020 | 06:43 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Regulation

ASIC Places Seven Year Ban on BitConnect Frontman John Bigatton

  • Bigatton has been banned from providing financial services for seven years.
Thursday, 03/09/2020 | 03:38 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Regulation

Binance Aids Ukrainian Police to Detect Crypto Money Launderers

  • Police arrested three men allegedly tied to a criminal group which laundered $42 million.
Wednesday, 19/08/2020 | 06:19 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Brokers

Pepperstone Warns Clients of Data Breach as Fraudsters Impersonate Broker

  • Fraudsters are reaching out to Pepperstone clients, asking them to transfer their client funds.
Monday, 27/07/2020 | 07:28 GMT by Celeste Skinner
ICOs

US Grand Jury Indicts PlexCoin Founder of Securities & Wire Fraud

  • The indictment was delivered to Dominic Lacroix, Yan Ouellet and Sabrina Paradis-Royer.
Monday, 27/07/2020 | 03:20 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Regulation

US DOJ: Texas Man Arrested on COVID-19 Relief Fraud Charges

  • Some of the relief funds given to Joshua Thomas Argires were allegedly invested in cryptocurrencies.
Wednesday, 15/07/2020 | 01:47 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Regulation

Belgium’s FSMA Warns Against Three Boiler Room Scams

  • According to the FSMA, these companies are not allowed to offer investment services in or from Belgium.
Thursday, 18/06/2020 | 08:57 GMT by Celeste Skinner
News

Ripple Sues YouTube for Growing ‘Scams and False Impersonations’

  • YouTube recently crackdown on some established crypto content creators, taking down their videos.
Tuesday, 21/04/2020 | 17:13 GMT by Arnab Shome
Payments

ePayments Woes Continue as Fraudsters Capitalize on Uncertainty

  • Third parties have been offering to help clients recover funds without authorisation.
Thursday, 13/02/2020 | 08:40 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Regulation

ACCC: Australians Lost $42.4m to Investment Scams in 2019

  • As of September 2019, Aussies had lost around $33 million.
Monday, 13/01/2020 | 08:40 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Technology

FCA: Investment Complaints Remain Steady in H1 of 2019

  • The number of complaints, however, were much less than those for Payment Protection Insurance.
Thursday, 17/10/2019 | 11:28 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Regulation

New Zealand’s FMA Labels JJ Lloyd as Potential Scam

  • Hong Kong’s SFC and Austria’s FMA has also warned against the entity.
Wednesday, 14/08/2019 | 07:29 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Regulation

CySEC Impersonators Target Traders

  • Fraudsters are asking for money so they can 'retrieve' funds lost to forex brokers
Monday, 12/08/2019 | 12:57 GMT by David Kimberley
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