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CEO fired after firm loses millions following email scam
June 1st, 2016
FACC, an Austrian aerospace manufacturer, has fired its CEO, Walter Stephan, after losing €50million (£38.5million) in a business email compromise scam at the beginning of the year. The scam impersonates an executive – preferably a finance one – and ...
Fraudsters of a Gold investment scam have been sentenced to prison
May 26th, 2016
Four American fraudsters who conned hundreds of British citizens out of millions of pounds through a bogus gold mining investment scheme have today been sentenced to prison in Tampa, Florida. Adriana Camargo, 37, Naadir Cassim, 40, Jon Nelson, 69, ...
Is Deutsche Bank’s Gold Manipulation The Main Scam Or Just A Side-Show?
April 18th, 2016
For years now, the easiest way to finesse a debate over whether precious metals markets are manipulated has been to say, “well, if they’re not manipulated they’re the only market that isn’t.” That was unsatisfying, though, because as the ...
Forex, binary options and online financial scams; AMF joined forces with other bodies to eredicate the problem
April 4th, 2016
The Autorite Des Marches Financiers (AMF) has issued a press release to inform that the AMF, the Paris public prosecutor, consumer affairs watchdog DGCCRF, and prudential authority ACPR joined forces to eradicate the problem with Forex, binary options and ...
Fake Bitcoin Investment scam defrauded over 1,000 people
March 24th, 2016
A Taiwanese couple seems to have managed to con at least a thousand people by luring them to invest into a fake bitcoin-based investment scheme. This couple reportedly orchestrated the whole program by using two well-known instant messaging applications ...
Online finance scam: 21 people involved arrested in China
February 1st, 2016
Chinese officials arrest 21 people over $7.6bn ‘scam’ Chinese authorities have arrested 21 people involved in an online finance scheme which is suspected of defrauding 900,000 investors of about 50bn yuan ($7.6bn; £5.3bn). The 21 people worked for Ezubao, ...
Scammers Impersonate the DFSA’s Chief Executive and Barclays Bank PLC UAE, in an Advance Fee Scam
December 29th, 2015
The DFSA alerts the financial services community and the public to an Advance Fee Scam in which: the DFSA’s Chief Executive; and the name of Barclays Bank PLC UAE (Barclays), and one of its employees, are fraudulently impersonated. The way ...
CySec warns for a serious financial scam regarding individuals impersonating CySec officers
November 27th, 2015
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the financial regulator of Cyprus, has issued today a warning to inform investors and the general public that it has come to its attention that several types of financial scam messages and/or ...
FINRA Issues Investor Alert, Messaging Apps Are Latest Platform for Delivering Pump-And-Dump Scams
September 4th, 2015
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued a new Investor Alert called Messaging Apps Are Latest Platform for Delivering Pump-And-Dump Scams. FINRA’s new Alert warns investors to be wary of stock promotions sent through increasingly popular messaging apps such as ...
FCA warning against a scam property fund
April 20th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of the United Kingdom has issued a warning to alert all recipients that: Hermay Limited has been accepting deposits from consumers without our authorisation and we suspect it has operated a scam property fund ...
