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Bitcoin: A New Global Economy
August 17th, 2015
When BitPay was founded back in 2011, bitcoin was in its infancy. It was difficult to convert local currencies into bitcoin or to find retailers who would accept it as payment. In just a few years, so much has ...
Malta-based hedge fund involved in $100 million fraud
August 13th, 2015
US authorities file complaint against Exante Ltd, a Malta-based hedge fund, involved in international securities fraud scheme The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday announced fraud charges against 32 defendants for taking part in a scheme to profit ...
SEC Charges 32 Defendants in Scheme to Trade on Hacked News Releases
August 12th, 2015
Hackers, Traders Allegedly Reaped More Than $100 Million of Illegal Profits The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against 32 defendants for taking part in a scheme to profit from stolen nonpublic information about corporate earnings announcements. ...
CySec: Withdrawal of the Alternative Investment Fund Manager authorisation Iliad Investments Ltd (ex PP&F Capital Ltd)
August 7th, 2015
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘CySec’) announces that, on its meeting dated 27.07.2015, decided to compulsory withdraw the authorisation of the Alternative Investment Fund Manager «Iliad Investments Ltd» (the ‘AIFM’), with registration number AIFM07/56/2013, pursuant to section 12(a) ...
TechFinancials informs regarding Completion of Administrative Sanction
August 5th, 2015
TechFinancials has issued a press release to inform that: As stated in the Company’s AIM Admission Document dated 9 March 2015, the Company was subject to an administrative sanction procedure brought by the Consumer Protection Division of Commissione Nazionale ...
CySec announced an administrative fine to Banc de Binary
August 3rd, 2015
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘CySEC’) has notified the public that at the meeting held 6th July 2015 decided to impose an administrative fine of €22.000 to Banc de Binary Ltd for violation of the Law which provides ...
CySec informs that decided to withdraw the suspension of a CIF
July 29th, 2015
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘CySec’), has issued a press release to inform that on its meeting dated 20 July 2015, decided to withdraw, as from 27 July 2015, the suspension of the CIF’s authorisation of ‘Asset Management Advisory ...
What are the implications of the Greek crisis for legal business and the rule of law
July 27th, 2015
What are the implications of the Greek crisis for legal business and the rule of law? At a roundtable held under the Chatham House Rule, Jonathan Rayner heard City lawyers consider the potential fallout. Greek riot police silhouetted against ...
Greece’s headache: how to lift the capital controls?
July 27th, 2015
It is just the headache Greece‘s government does not need right now: how can it loosen the capital controls that are shielding its banks, but strangling the rest of the economy? For the past month, Greece has been financially ...
FBI Arrests Coin.MX Founders For Money Laundering Violations
July 24th, 2015
Anthony R. Murgio and Yuri Lebedev of West Palm Beach Florida were arrested today for running an unlicensed bitcoin exchange with the goal of helping individuals launder money. The press release the FBI put out charges the men of ...
