Geneva based Retail FX broker and bank Dukascopy today issued a warning to its clients against a company known as GCG Asia, which is illegally using its name and logo to attract clients. Dukascopy clarified that it does not have any association or being in cooperation with GCG Asia and warned its clients against engaging…
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Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has warned the public that emails are being sent by unidentified sources, illegally using the logo or the name of CySEC. These impersonators emails seek payment of so-called outstanding sums to or from the Commission. This is not the first time CySEC issues an impersonators scam warning. The regulator has already issued…
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Mr John Lindsay Merity, of North Nowra, New South Wales, has pleaded guilty before the District Court of New South Wales to charges of giving false or misleading information to Australian regulator ASIC about shareholding. The charges were brought following ASIC enquiries in 2009 and 2010 to identify those parties who had a relevant interest…
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Former financial adviser and accountant, Satvir Singh Birk, of Reedy Creek, was today sentenced in the Southport District Court to two and a half years imprisonment, following an ASIC investigation. On 25 May 2018, Mr Birk, aged 42, pleaded guilty to five counts of dishonestly using his position as director of The Carter Group with…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced charges against an investment adviser with a history of violating the securities laws for defrauding his close friends and community members. According to the SEC’s complaint filed Tuesday, from at least 2014 through at least 2017, Bruce J. Fixelle solicited investments from close friends he met through…
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced that it has charged interdealer broker TFS-ICAP LLC and TFS-ICAP Ltd. (TFS-ICAP) with fraud and supervision failures. In a Complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the CFTC alleges that, from approximately 2008 through 2015, brokers at TFS-ICAP offices in…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that it has charged a group of internet marketers who allegedly created and disseminated elaborate rags-to-riches videos to trick retirees and other retail investors into opening brokerage accounts and trading high-risk securities known as binary options. According to the SEC’s complaints, investors were conned out of tens…
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FINRA has issued an Investor Alert warning investors to beware of potential investment scams touting stocks and other investments promising huge financial gains in the wake of Hurricane Florence. The Investor Alert, Beware of Stock Fraud in the Wake of Hurricane Florence, explains how investors can spot and protect themselves from investment scams associated with…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. and its former CEO have agreed to pay more than $5 million to settle fraud charges for misleading investors about the impact the documentary film Blackfish had on the company’s reputation and business. SeaWorld’s former vice president of communications also agreed to settle…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has informed the public that it has charged two brokers for recommending excessive levels of trading that were costly for retail customers but lucrative for the brokers. In separate complaints filed in federal court in Manhattan on Friday, the SEC alleges that Florida resident Emil Botvinnik and New York…
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