Regulatory Crackdown: Binary Options Market Shut Down in the UK According to a report from the Financial Times, the UK…
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High-Profile Case Opens in Vienna Court The trial of Israeli national Gal Barak, accused of running a network of online…
Background: Origins of Payvision Rudolf Booker, an Amsterdam-based entrepreneur, founded the payment service provider Payvision in 2002. The company operated…
Background and Legal Findings The Czech-registered company Xtrabit s.r.o., associated with Russian-born Australian citizen Vladislav “Vlad” Kogan, has been legally…
Background: Deconstructing a Fraudulent Ecosystem With the shutdown of the binary options platform SafeMarkets, attention is shifting toward examining the…
Background: Prosecution of Lee Elbaz In 2017, U.S. federal authorities detained Israeli national Lee Elbaz for her alleged involvement in…
Role of PSPs in Broker Fraud Ecosystems Fraudulent online trading platforms would not have been able to flourish without the…
Overview: Tracing the Financial Facilitators of Investment Scams Scam-Or Project recently initiated a campaign aimed at identifying unregulated and unauthorized…
U.S. Federal Charges Target Illicit Crypto-Linked Financial Activities The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, in collaboration…
Mandates from Affected Investors In recent weeks, several hundred investors affected by fraudulent online brokerage platforms have issued legally valid…