SFC added Apuro Forex and Apuro Holdings to its Alert list 

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Hong Kong financial regulator, has updated its “Alert List” adding Apuro Forex and Apuro Holdings Limited.

SFC released the below details for the two unlicensed entities:

1. Apuro Forex
   Type: Unlicensed entities
   Address(es): Nil
   Website: www.apuroforex.com
   Remarks: The company uses a Hong Kong bank account in the name of Apuro Holdings Limited for settlement. It is apparently associated with Apuro Holdings Limited, another unlicensed entity on the Alert List.
   Add date: 6 Mar 2017
   Note: Unlicensed entities often use names similar to legitimate companies to confuse investors.
2. Apuro Holdings Limited
   Type: Unlicensed entities
   Address(es): (i) Flat/Rm 1405, 14/F Austin Tower, 22-26 Austin Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
   (ii) Flat B, 12/F, Kok Pah Mansion, 58-60 Cameron Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
   Website: —
   Remarks: The company gives the above Hong Kong addresses but is not located at the address (i) and the address (ii) belongs to a secretarial company. It uses a Hong Kong bank account in the same name for settlement. It is apparently associated with Apuro Forex, another unlicensed entity on the Alert List.
   Add date: 6 Mar 2017
   Note: Unlicensed entities often use names similar to legitimate companies to confuse investors.

The Alert List is a list of entities which have come to the attention of the SFC because they are unlicensed in Hong Kong and are believed to be, or to have been, targeting Hong Kong investors or claim to have an association with Hong Kong.

The full Alert List issued by Securities and Futures Commission can be seen HERE

Source: SFC

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