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Malta’s regulator warns of OneCoin cryptocurrency scam

By Henry Hughes

April 21, 2017

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) joined the list of financial markets regulators taking notice of the OneCoin MLM scam and published a warning. In a publication on ...

BaFin bans German OneCoin partner, could fine it €1.5 mln

By Henry Hughes

April 19, 2017

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The German financial markets and services regulator BaFin said it has banned the local partner of the MLM fraud OneCoin – IMS International Marketing Services GmbH. In a ...

US court sentences forex fraudsters to pay $11.6 million

By Henry Hughes

January 10, 2017

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A US district court in New York sentenced a company and two persons to pay $11.6 million in sanctions for a forex fraud, said the US Commodity and ...

Ex-binary options broker employee: “No customer ever made a profit in the company where I worked”

By Henry Hughes

January 3, 2017

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Much in line with the famous saying “If you want nothing done, form a committee” Israel’s Knesset State Control Committee that oversees the country’s executive branch, decided to ...

CFTC accuses Florida man of stealing at least $57K in forex fraud

By Henry Hughes

December 29, 2016

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The US Commodity Futures and Trading Commission (CFTC) said it has filed a civil lawsuit in a New York district court against Brett G. Hartshorn of Sarasota, Florida. ...

FINMA warns of Geneva Option binary options broker

By Henry Hughes

December 22, 2016

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The Swiss financial markets regulator FINMA has issued a warning against the Geneva Option binary options broker. In its typical laconic style, the watchdog only noted the broker, ...

Quebec’s AMF adds 13 binary options brokers to black list

By Henry Hughes

November 30, 2016

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AMF, the financial markets regulator of the Canadian province of Quebec, has updated its black list of binary options brokers by adding 13 more: www.247alldaybinaryoptions.com www.500option.com www.aaoption.com www.alldayoption.com ...

Quebec’s AMF warns of Kaizen forex platform, owner charged with fraud

By Henry Hughes

November 30, 2016

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Quebec’s financial markets regulator, the AMF, has issued a warning that the forex investment platform Kaizen Global Network is not licensed to do business in the province of ...

How binary options brokers lure clients

By Henry Hughes

November 23, 2016

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It is hard to tell how much the binary options industry makes. According to estimates of sources of The Times of Israel, only the 100+ binary options brokers ...

Most frequently warned against binary options brokers

By Henry Hughes

October 25, 2016

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As the problems with the binary options brokers pile up, SMN continues its series on the matter with an overview of the unregulated entities that have appeared most ...

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