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ASIC Warns against 72Option and London Capital Group Clone

  • The Australian regulator added the online trading companies as they were operating in Australia without a license.
Thursday, 20/07/2017 | 11:26 GMT by Finance Magnates Staff
Regulation

Romania Arrests Three for Stealing Client Information from Cypriot Brokerage

  • 9,000 contacts were compromised in a scheme to sell stolen client information to the highest bidder.
Thursday, 20/07/2017 | 11:23 GMT by Jeff Patterson
Regulation

SEC Charges 13 Individuals Involved in $10 Million Boiler Room Scam

  • Telemarketing representatives allegedly verbally abused and threatened elderly investors.
Thursday, 13/07/2017 | 18:41 GMT by Finance Magnates Staff
Regulation

Israeli Media: JPMorgan Hack Perpetrator to Pay $403 Million to US Authorities

  • Gary Shalon, who conducted a large-scale scam involving securities, will pay this sum of money in a comprehensive settlement.
Monday, 22/05/2017 | 18:25 GMT by Finance Magnates Staff
Regulation

Australian Regulator Declares Ban on Five Brokers

  • The Australian Securities and Investments Commission issues new warnings against binary options companies.
Wednesday, 10/05/2017 | 11:57 GMT by Finance Magnates Staff
Regulation

CFTC Cracks Down on Arizona Racket After $13m Commodities Pool Scheme

  • The regulator halted Williams Advisory Group's commodities pool scheme after it defrauding 40 investors.
Thursday, 04/05/2017 | 06:16 GMT by Jeff Patterson
Regulation

UTrade Solicited $27m Using Fraudulent Means, Israeli Watchdog Says

  • The Israel Securities Authority recommends criminal charges against UTrade CEO Aviv Talmor for scamming clients.
Wednesday, 19/04/2017 | 07:54 GMT by Avi Mizrahi
Brokers

CommexFX’s CIF License Withdrawn Following String of Suspensions, Fines

  • Following a lengthy suspension, CySEC has rescinded the CIF license of CommexFX.
Thursday, 06/04/2017 | 09:23 GMT by Jeff Patterson
Regulation

FSB Warns Public Against Clement Maloi, Posing as Director at the Group

  • Clement Maloi is posing as a director at the FSB, soliciting money for a remittance scam.
Monday, 20/02/2017 | 16:56 GMT by Jeff Patterson
Brokers

FCA Issues Warning on STP Markets

  • The FCA has warned of STP Markets for its unauthorized activity in the UK.
Thursday, 09/02/2017 | 17:24 GMT by Jeff Patterson
Products

Algo Trading Scam Features Fabricated Stephen Hawking Endorsement

  • Fraudsters are utilizing a forged Stephen Hawking testimonial to endorse a trading scam.
Monday, 09/01/2017 | 10:20 GMT by Jeff Patterson
Regulation

Swiss Regulator FINMA Warns Against Binary Options Broker Geneva Option

  • The unauthorized firm is owned and operated by a Marshall Islands-based entity called HAS Group Ltd.
Wednesday, 21/12/2016 | 11:07 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader
Blogs

Are Binary Options Signals a Scam?

  • Binary options signals is a service which you can use to increase your profit in binary options trading.
Wednesday, 02/11/2016 | 12:45 GMT by Guest Contributors
Regulation

Hong Kong SFC Warns Investors Against Unlicensed Entity IEA Holdings

  • IEA Holdings is the latest company to be pulled up for soliciting its dubious services to the unsuspecting public.
Tuesday, 30/08/2016 | 09:27 GMT by Finance Magnates Staff
Regulation

FCA Issues Warning on Morgan Stanley Clone

  • The FCA has warned against Morgan Stanley/Morgan Stanley & Co Ltd, a clone of an FCA-regulated firm.
Monday, 15/08/2016 | 11:04 GMT by Jeff Patterson
Regulation

FINRA Publishes Guide on How to Detect a Boiler Room Scam

  • The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has issued an Investor Alert about boiler room scams following numerous complaints.
Thursday, 04/08/2016 | 15:09 GMT by Finance Magnates Staff
Regulation

FCA Warns Public that Bit Management is not Authorised

  • bit-invest.com purports to be registered in the United Kingdom, but it is in fact a HYIP Ponzi scheme.
Wednesday, 27/07/2016 | 16:52 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader
Regulation

Dubai Watchdog Shuts Down Suspected Ponzi Scheme Exential Group

  • After numerous complaints from investors, Dubai's authority closed a ‘double your cash’ scam.
Tuesday, 26/07/2016 | 19:18 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader
Regulation

South Africa’s FSB Warns Against RBOptions

  • The financial watchdog in South Africa says the broker is unauthorized to offer its services to local residents.
Thursday, 14/07/2016 | 10:50 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader
Regulation

Four US Fraudsters Jailed Over Gold Scam Linked to Spain-Based Boiler Room

  • City of London Police announce the four sentenced in Florida over gold scam.
Wednesday, 25/05/2016 | 13:22 GMT by Steven Hatzakis
Brokers

Binary Options Revenue to Save Troubled Real Estate Firm?

  • The owner that didn't pay workers and bought luxury cars and houses says binary options will cover the debt.
Tuesday, 17/05/2016 | 08:57 GMT by Avi Mizrahi
Regulation

City of London Police Seize £30m and Arrest Man Linked to Forex Scam

  • Suspicious banking activity led to the man's arrest and seizure of the funds.
Monday, 25/04/2016 | 14:54 GMT by Steven Hatzakis
Brokers

UK's FCA Warns Public that Explore Markets Ltd is not Authorised

  • Exploremarkets.com purports to be FCA registered, but is in fact not.
Tuesday, 19/04/2016 | 17:27 GMT by Steven Hatzakis
Regulation

Japanese Investigators Suspect $105m Forex Investment Scam

  • Masaaki Ito and his partner are alleged to have defrauded customers of over $100 million.
Tuesday, 05/04/2016 | 06:56 GMT by Damian Chmiel
Brokers

Belize's IFSC Warns ATS Markets Global License is "Complete Forgery"

  • The Belize regulator has said that ATS-markets.com's certificate of incorporation is a complete forgery.
Tuesday, 29/03/2016 | 17:27 GMT by Steven Hatzakis
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