Tag: binary options fraud

March 19, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Binary Options Scam Watch – British Columbia watchdog warns against CTOption

The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) keeps adding companies to its Investment Caution List, which features the names of unregistered brokerage firms unlawfully targeting British Columbia investors or falsely claiming to be associated with the Canadian province. The latest addition to the Investment Caution List is CTOption, a binary options broker operating via www.ctoption.com. The…

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March 14, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

FCA warns against clone firm Markets Central Investment

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) keeps its conquest against clone firms – unauthorized entities that abuse the details of authorized firms in an effort to defraud investors more easily. The latest warning concerns Markets Central Investment, a company which misuses the details of an FCA-licensed firm - Central Markets (London) Ltd. The clone entity,…

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October 26, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

FINRA warns US investors of binary options risks

Shortly after the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) starting publishing a RED List of binary options and Forex brokers that target US investors without having the necessary registration to do so, the wave of alerts against the dangers of binary options continues across the United States. The US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), which has…

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