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The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) issued a warning against 10 unauthorized investment websites offering services without required licensing under Law 87(I)/2017: amazon-forex.com, novatradecore.com, vall-fin.com, daoroyal.com, capitaldealhub.com, seamanfx.com, newfuturevip.com, trademarketcup.com, fxtrade.app, and mexc.com. Investors are urged to verify entity authorization on...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) cancelled Ricard Securities Pty Ltd’s AFS license (No. 299812) effective October 28, 2025, due to unpaid industry levies, CSLR installments, and failure to lodge audited financial reports. The firm may continue limited services until December 24, 2025, for winding up or managing unregistered schemes it trustees, including the Property...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) cancelled the Australian financial services (AFS) licence of Arrumar Private Pty Ltd on October 23, 2025, for failing to join an external dispute resolution scheme and submit accurate financial statements and an auditor’s report for the year ending June 30, 2024, breaching licensee obligations under the Corporations Act. Arrumar was...
The Supreme Court of Western Australia sentenced Chris Marco to 14 years imprisonment on November 5, 2025, after a jury convicted him on September 4, 2025, of 43 fraud counts involving $34.3 million from six investors between July 2013 and October 2018. ASIC had charged Marco with defrauding nine investors of $36.5 million; his former assistant Linda Marissen was acquitted. The sentence follows a...
Italy’s Companies and Exchange Commission (CONSOB) has ordered the blocking of 17 unauthorized investment websites, including 7 offering illegal financial intermediation and 10 providing unlawful crypto-asset services, such as Activ Markets, Geneveinves, NordaLeur, Soria Limited, MRX Capital Trading, Gradiopexo, RYR888, DFH258, DXZ175, JMY999, DSG158, WES218, GJG258, CFSD123, R4MOX, and DFG789...
Independent Financial Group, LLC (IFG) settled with FINRA, agreeing to a $100,000 fine and censure for allowing a FINRA-suspended registered representative, subject to statutory disqualification, to continue entering securities orders through IFG’s trading desk and clearing firm’s electronic system from April to November 2022.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (JPMS) was fined $50,000 by CME Group for violating COMEX rules on April 15, 2025, after an erroneous transfer of funds from a secured account to a segregated client account caused a deficiency that JPMS corrected the next day, agreeing to the penalty without admitting or denying the violation.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has revoked the Australian Financial Services (AFS) license of Wealth Trail Pty Ltd on 16 October 2025 after the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) paid $150,000 on 11 September 2025 to cover an unpaid Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) decision of 14 April 2025, which Wealth Trail failed to comply with. The...
Alexander Investment Services Co. has agreed to a $25,000 fine as part of a settlement with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for failing to establish and maintain written policies and procedures. Despite referencing an obligation to act in customers’ best interests, the firm’s policies lacked specific provisions, including addressing conflicts of interest, and its updated...
EFG Capital International has agreed to a $650,000 fine and a censure as part of a settlement with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for deficiencies in its anti-money laundering (AML) compliance program from 2018 to 2022. Further violations included EFG’s failure to consistently conduct timely periodic account reviews, which impacted the effectiveness of its AML monitoring, and...