FCA banned four former directors of an online consumer credit broker
July 26th, 2018
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned David James Carter Mullins, Edward John Booth, Christopher Paul Brotherton and Mark Robert Kennedy, the former directors and shareholders of Secure My Money Limited (now dissolved). The firm took fees of over ...
Beware: Supervisory authorities around the world issued investor protection warnings
July 25th, 2018
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Spain (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores – Cnmv), Austria (Financial Market Authority – FMA), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA), France (Authorité des Marchés ...
CFTC announced $1.9 Million penalty for Bitcoin and Binary options fraud scheme
July 25th, 2018
On July 9, 2018, a New York federal court ordered Dillon Michael Dean (Dean) of Longmont, Colorado, and The Entrepreneurs Headquarters Limited (TEH), Dean’s UK-registered company, to pay over $1.9 million in civil monetary penalties and restitution in connection ...
The reason EU fined Google €4.34 billion
July 19th, 2018
The European Commission has issued an announcement to inform that decided to impose a total fine of €4.34 billion to the technology giant Google. According the announcement, The European Commission has fined Google €4.34 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules. ...
US seeks record $75m. from marketer for steering victims to Israeli binary scams
July 19th, 2018
While Israeli law enforcement continues to ignore the country’s robust online fraud sector, the United States government has asked a Florida court to impose some $75 million in fines and penalties against a single alleged US-based binary options fraudster. ...
Woman who once bought bitcoins for $300,000 cash in paper bags sent to prison
July 17th, 2018
A woman who for years went by the name “Bitcoin Maven” on localbitcoins.com—a peer-to-peer website for buying and selling anonymous bitcoins in person—was sentenced Monday to 366 days in federal prison, three years of supervised release, and a $20,000 ...
German supervisory authority warns for the Forex provider XMarkets
July 12th, 2018
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin) has issued a warning to inform investors and public that the operator of “XMarkets” (Celestial Trading Ltd.) has no authorisation pursuant to section 32 of the German Banking Act. ...
Polish-Speaking Customer Care Officers
July 10th, 2018
Polish-Speaking Customer Care Officers (Limassol) Reference Number: CCOPL1018 The position: We are looking for passionate and self-motivated professionals to join our Customer Care team. The main responsibilities of the position include: Dealing with clients’ inquiries via live chat, email ...
Portuguese-Speaking Customer Care Officers
July 10th, 2018
Portuguese-Speaking Customer Care Officers (Limassol) Reference Number: CCOPT1018 The position: We are looking for passionate and self-motivated professionals to join our Customer Care team. The main responsibilities of the position include: Dealing with clients’ inquiries via live chat, email ...
Arabic-Speaking Customer Care Officers
July 10th, 2018
Arabic-Speaking Customer Care Officers (Limassol) Reference Number: CCOAR1018 The position: We are looking for passionate and self-motivated professionals to join our Customer Care team. The main responsibilities of the position include: Dealing with clients’ inquiries via live chat, email ...
