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CFTC Charges California Resident Ralph Metters with Forex Fraud
September 1st, 2014
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced that Judge Manuel L. Real of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California entered on August 27, 2014 an emergency Order freezing and preserving assets under the ...
FSMA warns against unauthorised binary and forex firms
August 25th, 2014
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) issued a warning informing the public against the activities of various providers of binary options and forex products. The following foreign companies are offering these highly risky investment instruments in Belgium without ...
InstaForex announces partnership with Barclays Premier League runner-up
August 1st, 2014
InstaForex, and legendary Liverpool Football Club announced a two-year partnership today that will run until the end of the 2015/16 season. InstaForex will become the Official Online Forex and Binary Options Trading Partner in Asia and the Commonwealth of ...
UK Serious Fraud Office to launch forex market manipulation probe
July 21st, 2014
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is reportedly planning to launch the criminal investigation into alleged manipulation of the $5.3trn-a-day foreign-exchange (forex) market. Unnamed sources with the knowledge of matter were quoted by The Financial Times as saying that ...
FBI sentences man for a $3.4 Million Forex trading fraud
July 17th, 2014
The American Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) has announced that a Quincy man swindled more than two dozen investors out of $3.4 million in an exotic foreign exchange fraud run from his Quincy home. Marcellus Lopes Lee was indicted in ...
Lufthansa says to cut Venezuela flights amid forex dispute
July 15th, 2014
German airline Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) said on Monday it will reduce service to Venezuela by 40 percent starting next month amid an ongoing dispute about repatriation of revenue from ticket sales. Carriers, including American Airlines, Delta and United, have in ...
U.S. prosecutors offer junior UK traders immunity in forex probe
July 14th, 2014
Prosecutors from the U.S. Department of Justice are offering immunity deals to junior traders in London as they continue to investigate the alleged rigging of foreign exchange rates by banks and senior traders, the Financial Times reported, citing sources. ...
State Street Agrees to Settle Forex Fee Suit for $60 Mln
July 10th, 2014
State Street Corp. (STT) agreed to pay $60 million to settle investor claims it inflated revenue by overcharging clients for foreign-exchange services, in a pact that resolves almost four years of litigation. The preliminary accord filed in Boston federal ...
AFXC and AFMA publish standards for forex market
July 1st, 2014
The Australian Foreign Exchange Committee (AFXC), Australia’s regulator, and the Australian Financial Markets Association released a document today for the currency market, highlighting the need to communicate standards for the forex market. The document derives from the meeting of global foreign-exchange committees, ...
NFA’s Board approves prohibition of credit cards to fund retail forex accounts
June 24th, 2014
National Futures Association (NFA) announced that its Board approved a ban on the use of credit cards to fund retail forex and futures accounts. This prohibition is subject to approval by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Although NFA’s proposed ...
