Search Results for: Fraud
FCA UK issued a warning for trading with OneCoin digital currency
September 27th, 2016
FCA has issued a warning to inform that consumers should be wary of dealing with OneCoin, which claims to offer the chance to make money through the trading and ‘mining’ of virtual currencies. According to FCA, OneCoin markets itself ...
ASIC bans Brisbane financial advisor
September 23rd, 2016
ASIC has permanently banned Mr Sandeep Madhoji from providing financial services or engaging in credit activity after he was sentenced to imprisonment for fraud charges. This prosecution was the result of a joint operation between the Queensland Police Service ...
French government indicates will reclaim SocGen tax deduction if trader wins case
September 23rd, 2016
The French government indicated on Friday it would reclaim a 2.2 billion euro ($2.46 billion) tax deduction from Societe Generale (SOGN.PA) if an appeal court rules ex-trader Jerome Kerviel should not have to pay damages for losses he caused. ...
IBM in blockchain project with China UnionPay
September 23rd, 2016
Another day, another blockchain project unveiled by a bank, technology company, or consultancy. IBM will join the fray this week by announcing a partnership with China UnionPay to let bank customers exchange bonus points in different loyalty schemes. Arguing that such ...
SRA warns law firms about investment schemes
September 23rd, 2016
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has issued a warning notice has been published telling solicitors about the risks of involvement in such schemes after a number of reports were received of law firms being linked to potentially fraudulent incidents where ...
CFTC charges company and individual for Illegal Off-Exchange Precious Metals Transactions
September 21st, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil injunctive enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Florida-based Defendants KB Concepts Group, LLC d/b/a Apex Asset Advisors, LLC (Apex) and Kelvin Burgos, Apex’s president, ...
IFSC confirms that TradeFxP is not licenced by any autority in Belize
September 20th, 2016
The International Financial Services Commission of Belize (IFSC Belize) has issued a warning to inform that: It has come to the notice of the International Financial Services Commission of Belize (IFSC Belize) that an entity calling itself ‘TradeFxP’, is falsely and fraudulently claiming ...
FCA warns for Global Escrow Exchange been unathorised in UK
September 19th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a warning to inform that the Authority believes that the below firm has been providing financial services or products in the UK without FCA’s authorisation. Almost all firms and individuals offering, promoting or selling ...
Fintech Firm Ripple raises $55 Million In funding
September 16th, 2016
Ripple set out to solve a global problem, with far-reaching implications and significant obstacles. Where others struggle to find a use case and a market, Ripple has turned customers into investors, and capital into commercial deployments of our solutions. ...
Mike Lynch’s Invoke Aims to Replace M&A Lawyers With Robots
September 15th, 2016
Former Autonomy CEO backs startup using AI for due diligence Move comes a week after HP sold former Autonomy assets Could the armies of lawyers needed to close billion-dollar deals soon be a thing of the past? That’s what Invoke ...
