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FBI arrests Israeli binary options CEO
September 27th, 2017
The CEO of an Israeli binary options company accused of defrauding investors out of millions of dollars was doubtless surprised to find herself surrounded by FBI agents shortly after arriving in the United States last week. Binary options is ...
Assurance Capital Management and its owners fined $2.4 Million
July 12th, 2017
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a press release to inform that the Federal Court in Florida Orders Anthony J. Klatch II, Lindsey Heim, and their Company Assurance Capital Management, LLC to Pay More than $2.4 ...
Wikipedia vs. Banc De Binary: A 3-year battle against binary options ‘fake news’
June 1st, 2017
Binary options fraudsters employ experts to outwit Google, create laudatory news sites, engage on social media — anything to encourage new victims and keep the truth from coming out. One key battlefield: The online encyclopedia If you’re the strategist ...
As Israeli bill to ban binary options stalls, Canada prepares law of its own
May 8th, 2017
Binary options are not legal in Canada, but new legislation will make that fact explicit. Official vows endless battle, as some Israeli firms move operations overseas. Fed up with the large-scale theft, much of it emanating from Israel, known ...
Report: Unauthorised forex trader’s collapse may cost punters half billion
April 27th, 2017
The reported collapse of the JJPTR scheme may cause “investors” ― including from Malaysia ― previously promised steady monthly 20 per cent dividends to collectively lose RM500 million. JJPTR’s founder Johnson Lee, whose Penang-based forex trading company claimed its ...
Company and its owner ordered to pay $6.5 Million penalty in Binary Options fraud case
March 22nd, 2017
Federal Court in Florida Orders Neil Pecker and His Company, Vision Financial Partners, LLC, to Pay More than $6.5 Million in Restitution and a Civil Monetary Penalty in CFTC Binary Options Fraud Action Relief Defendants Prometheus Enterprises, Inc. and ...
Barclays Bank sued for mortgage securities fraud
December 24th, 2016
The United States Department of Justice today filed a civil complaint in the Eastern District of New York against Barclays Bank PLC and several of its United States affiliates (together, Barclays), alleging that Barclays engaged in a fraudulent scheme ...
Former CBOE Member to pay $21.8 Million in a Ponzi Scheme
December 1st, 2016
CFTC Obtains $21.8 Million Default Judgment against Former CBOE Member Alvin Guy Wilkinson and his Connecticut-based Firms for Misappropriation of Customer Funds and Fraudulent Solicitation in Ponzi Scheme The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that Judge Virginia ...
Binary options – AMF updates its list of illegally operating platforms
November 30th, 2016
Once again, the Autorité des marchés financiers (the “AMF”) is sounding the alarm and alerting Québec consumers to the dangers of binary options. The AMF wishes to stress that no business is currently authorized to market or offer binary ...
FCA prohibits six individuals for their part in unauthorised collective investment scheme
November 1st, 2016
In a case brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Scott Crawley, Daniel Forsyth, Adam Hawkins, Ross Peters, Aaron Petrou and Dale Walker have today been prohibited from performing any function in relation to any regulated activity for their ...
