Search Results for: Forex
Forex 2021 outlook – pandemic era
June 16th, 2021
The global events that are happening all over the world have a very significant impact on many industries. Trade wars, the growing influence of dictatorships or political parties has a direct influence on the financial market and its own ...
$1.2 Million penalty imposed in Forex trading scheme
October 20th, 2020
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an announcement to inform that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania entered an order of default judgment finding that Michael Salerno of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and his ...
Civil enforcement action filing in $4.75 Million Forex Ponzi Scheme
September 23rd, 2020
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the filing of a civil enforcement action in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida against 10 defendants in a multi-level $4.75 million off-exchange foreign currency (forex) Ponzi ...
Instagram users ripped off for £400k in a month in Forex scam
September 4th, 2020
Instagram users are being ripped off by investment con artists – with UK victims handing over nearly £400,000 in just one month. Britain’s national fraud reporting centre was bombared with 164 complaints in June alone, representing a total loss ...
Forex fraud: Individual and his company to pay over a million dollar penalty
July 13th, 2020
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an announcement to inform that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri entered an order of default judgment finding that Joshua Christian McDonald and his company, Perfection PR Firm ...
A resident of Denmark charged in $1.5 million Forex fraud scheme
May 25th, 2020
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an announcement to inform about the filing of an enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, charging defendant Casper Mikkelsen, a/k/a “Carsten Nielsen,” a/k/a ...
U.S. Financial Regulator wins Forex fraud trial; Defendants to pay more than $22.6 million
March 5th, 2020
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that following a bench trial the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama entered a final judgment against defendants Husam Tayeh of Illinois and his companies, Dinar Corp., Inc. and ...
Beware of social media-based Forex fraud scheme
July 25th, 2019
Defendant to pay more than $2.9 Million in social media-based Forex fraud scheme. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas entered judgment against defendant Kelvin Ramirez of Houston, Texas ...
Swiss regulator fines banks for fixing forex trading
June 14th, 2019
Five banks have been fined a total of 90 million Swiss francs ($90.5 million) for colluding to rig the multi-trillion dollar foreign exchange market, Switzerland’s competition authority said on Thursday. The Swiss fines come on top of 1.07 billion ...
UK watchdog warns about Forex and Crypto scams; Victims lost on average over £14,600 last year
May 29th, 2019
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Action Fraud are warning the public to be wary of investment scams carried out via bogus online trading platforms. This warning comes as cryptoassests (crypto) and forex investment scams reports more than tripled last ...
