Italy’s CONSOB Blocks 17 More Illegal and Potentially Fraudulent Websites

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. Authorized under the “Growth Decree” and MiCAR regulations, CONSOB has now blocked 1,460 websites since July 2019.