Category: Fraud

ICO fraud
February 27, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

MFSA warns against VSB Malta, claiming a fraudulent license

The Malta Financial Services Authority (“MFSA”) has issued a warning, stating that it has become aware of an entity calling itself “VSB Malta” and utilizing the website vsbmalta.com/secure/, which fraudulently claims to be regulated and licensed by the “Malta Financial Services Commission” to provide Banking, General Insurance, Investment and Fund Services Business. The MFSA would…

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ICO fraud
February 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC halts ongoing fraud by purported hedge fund manager

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) informed that it has charged a purported hedge fund manager in New York City with a brazen offering and investment adviser fraud thereby putting an end to an ongoing scheme. The SEC alleges that, since at least 2014, Nicholas Joseph Genovese and his hedge fund Willow Creek Investments LP…

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ICO fraud
January 29, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Spoofing and Commodities Fraud charges lead to $46 million in fines for Deutsche Bank, HSBC and UBS

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced, in conjunction with the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Criminal Investigative Division, criminal and civil enforcement actions against three banks and six individuals involved in commodities fraud and spoofing schemes. What is spoofing? Spoofing is the practice of bidding or offering with the intent to…

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warning
January 24, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CFTC charges My Big Coin with fraud in ongoing virtual currency scam

Defendants allegedly solicited more than $6 million for investments in a virtual currency known as “My Big Coin” The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of a federal court enforcement action under seal on January 16, 2018, charging commodity fraud and misappropriation related to the ongoing solicitation of customers for a virtual…

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The Entrepreneurs Headquarters fraud
January 19, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Dillon Michael Dean and The Entrepreneurs Headquarters Limited charged in Bitcoin and Binary Options fraud scheme

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced the filing of a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York against Defendants Dillon Michael Dean of Longmont, Colorado, and his company The Entrepreneurs Headquarters Limited, a UK-registered company. The CFTC Complaint charges Dean and The Entrepreneurs Headquarters with engaging in…

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January 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ANZ and ASIC reach settlement on suspected third party frauds

ANZ today announced it is filing joint court submissions with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) on an agreed settlement for a number of cases where car finance brokers or dealers engaged in suspected fraud when submitting loan applications on behalf of customers to Esanda between 2013 and 2015. In a statement of agreed…

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