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Alert! Cryptocurrency fraudsters are using cryptocurrencies to swindle consumers
December 19th, 2018
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), an autonomous public institution that supervises the Belgian financial sector, has issued a warning to inform consumers for cryptocurrency fraud. In accordance the warning, despite its earlier warnings, the FSMA continues to ...
Beware of unauthorised companies and websites offering investment services
November 29th, 2018
Financial Regulators around the world issued warnings for companies and websites that are offering investment, financial and insurance services without the required authorisation. In accordance the warnings issued, the supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – ...
Cryptocurrency fraud: Don’t be taken in! How to determine that an offer is a fraud
October 30th, 2018
FSMA Belgium published a new warning against cryptocurrency fraud and updated the list of cryptocurrency trading platforms for which it has detected indications of fraud, adding 21 new suspect sites. This list now comprises a total of 99 websites. ...
Investment fraud led to the loss of more than £2.8m of investors’ money
September 10th, 2018
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the conduct regulator for financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, has issued an announcement to inform about FCA’s second largest ever criminal prosecution and most complex fraud investigations. Operation Tidworth was ...
Invest in Cryptocurrencies: Beware of fraudsters using cryptocurrencies to swindle consumers
September 5th, 2018
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), a public institution that supervises the Belgian financial sector, has issued a warning to inform public and investors about cryptocurrency trading platforms with identified signs of fraud. In accordance the warning, the ...
Beware of unauthorised investment and financial services providers
July 31st, 2018
Financial Regulators around the world issued warnings to inform investors and public for companies and websites that are offering investment, financial and insurance services without the required authorisation. The latest warnings are coming from the the supervisory authorities of ...
UK Regulator released the names of unauthorised binary options providers
January 15th, 2018
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a list of 94 firms without FCA authorisation that it understands to be offering binary options trading to UK consumers. Since January 3rd 2018, firms involved in binary options trading in the ...
Four Guilty In Relation To £1.4 Million Investment Scheme
December 4th, 2017
In a criminal prosecution brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Samrat Bhandari and Dr Muhammad Aleem Mirza have been found guilty for their roles in operating an investment scheme which led to more than 300 investors losing a ...
Supervisory Authorities Warn: Be Cautious
November 2nd, 2017
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Belgium(Financial Services and Markets Authority – FSMA), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA), Jersey (Jersey Financial Services Commission), Hong Kong (Securities and Futures Commission – ...
Beware of unauthorised financial services entities
October 5th, 2017
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), France (Authorité des Marchés Financiers – AMF), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA), Hong Kong (Securities and Futures Commission – SFC), Luxembourg (Commission de Surveillance ...
