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Penalty of $11 Million imposed for fraudulent commodity pool trading schemes
December 11th, 2018
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced an Order of default judgment and permanent injunction has been issued against defendants Scott Allensworth (d/b/a Capital Growth Group Associates and Cobra Development Group LLP), of Newhall, California, and his California company ...
SEC halts alleged insider trading ring spanning three countries
December 7th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed insider trading charges against an IT contractor and two others he illegally tipped with confidential client information he stole while working in the Singapore branch of an investment bank. The SEC ...
CySEC: Be aware of fraudulent representation of CySEC officers
November 26th, 2018
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), has issued today an announcement to warn about fraudulent representation of CySEC officers. In accordance CySEC’s announcement, a number of market participants have informed the CySEC about the fraudulent representation of CySEC ...
No end in sight for Crypto sell-off as Bitcoin approaches $4,000
November 21st, 2018
Turmoil engulfed cryptocurrency markets again on Tuesday, with every major coin extending a rout that’s rocked confidence in the nascent asset class just as U.S. regulators try to close in on alleged fraud. Bitcoin fell as much as 13 ...
Breaking: Cyprus Investment Firm license suspended
November 20th, 2018
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued an announcement to inform investors that on November 20, 2018, decided to suspend in whole the license of a Cyprus Investment Firm. In accordance CySEC’s announcement, the authorisation of the ...
Two Initial Coin Offering issuers settle registration charges
November 20th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced settled charges against two companies that sold digital tokens in initial coin offerings (ICOs). These are the Commission’s first cases imposing civil penalties solely for ICO securities offering registration violations. Both companies ...
Founder of digital “token” trading platform settled charges
November 9th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced settled charges against Zachary Coburn, the founder of EtherDelta, a digital “token” trading platform. This is the SEC’s first enforcement action based on findings that such a platform operated as an unregistered ...
CySEC announced withdrawal of Cyprus Investment Firm license
November 1st, 2018
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued today an announcement to inform investors for the withdrawal of the authorisation of a Cyprus Investment Form. In accordance the announcement published, CySEC, on its meeting of 29th October 2018, ...
Bitcoin turns 10 — how it went from an abstract idea to a $100 billion market in a decade
November 1st, 2018
Ten years ago, as Lehman Brothers was declaring bankruptcy and the global economy was lurching into recession, the idea for an alternative currency was being quietly built online. Bitcoin went from an anti-establishment fad on the internet to a ...
CySEC imposed 10.000 euro fine to an individual
October 22nd, 2018
The Board of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘CySEC’) has issued an announcement to inform the public that, at its meeting held on 3rd September 2018, decided to impose an administrative fine of €10.000 to Mrs Milena Valentinova Christofide. ...
