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May 30, 2023

CySEC Withdrew AIF Authorization Of IC2 Venture Capital Investment Capital Compartment.

Cyprus regulator CySEC announced today that it has decided, under article 64(1)(f) of the Alternative Investment Funds Law of 2018 (‘the Law’), to withdraw the authorization of IC2 Venture Capital Investment Compartment (the Investment Compartment) of the company Mega Ploutos AIF Variable Capital Investment Company Plc (the AIF), as the AIF has expressly renounced the authorization of its investment compartment.

May 21, 2023

CySEC Revoked Licensed Of Forex & CFD Broker Stone Edge Capital Over Money Laundering Issues!

Money laundering is now apparently being taken seriously by CySEC against the backdrop of Western sanctions in connection with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This week, CySEC announced that it has decided to withdraw the Cyprus Investment Firm (CIF) license of Stone Edge Capital Ltd. The (former) CIF's website claims that the license would have been voluntarily resigned. However, this cannot be read in the CySEC decision.

May 21, 2023

No CySEC Answer? Dutch Court Ordered CySEC Broker LegacyFX To Pay €303.000 To Victim!

LegacyFX is one of the CySEC-regulated CIFs that works with offshore mutations to solicit European clients. Their offshore broker is AN All New Investments (VA) Ltd in Vanuatu. However, all card transactions of this offshore broker are processed by the CySEC-regulated entity. Durch Courts sentenced LegacyFX on May 17, 2023, to pay €303,000 to an investor, the Dutch lawyer Marius Hupkes reports on his website.

May 16, 2023

Correction: CySEC-Regulated Pacific Union Group Ltd Is Not Part Of the PU Prime Scheme!

In April 2022, FinTelegram recently updated its review of PU Prime, an offshore broker regulated by the FSA Seychelles. We included the broker in our Red Compliance list. Despite lacking the necessary regulatory authorizations, this broker offers financial products to clients in the UK and EEA. On May 10, 2023, the UK regulator FCA issued a warning regarding PU Prime. The CySEC-regulated Pacific Union Group Ltd informed that it would not be part of the offshore broker scheme.

March 5, 2023

CySEC Revoked License Of Milton Prime Operator; Offshore Scheme Not Impacted!

This does not happen often. Typically, companies voluntarily revoke their CySEC license before it is revoked. This week, the Cyprus regulator announced that it has decided to withdraw the Cyprus Investment Firm (CIF) authorization of Holiway Investments Ltd d/b/a Milton Prime with license number 248/14. CySEC said the company does not have sufficient initial capital to continue its operation. Milton Prime has not yet published the revocation on its website.

February 16, 2023

The Explosive Growth Of OctaFX Offshore Broker Scheme!

In February 2022, we published our initial review of the OctaFX broker scheme. CySEC regulates Octa Markets Cyprus Ltd with license number 372/18. Like many other CySEC-regulated brokers, OctaFX also runs an offshore scheme via Octa Markets Incorporated, registered in St. Vincent & The Grenadines. The offshore scheme deploys different domains to solicit clients. Our new review on 16 January 2023 found that the offshore broker still accepts EEA residents.

February 6, 2023

Introducing Broker Schemes Of Cyprus-Based GT Group With FintecGT, FXGT, And Global GT

FXGT and GlobalGT are offshore retail brokers specializing in clients in Asia and are operated by 360 Degrees Markets Ltd, which the FSA Seychelles regulates as a Securities Dealer. FXGT is part of GT Group, which also comprises CySEC-regulated investment firm and liquidity provider FintecGT. The payment processors we discovered for FXGT are Cyprus-based Payabl and Unlimint. Here is the initial review of the broker scheme.

February 5, 2023

Embattled Broker BDSwiss Appoints New Chief Commercial Officer!

All new at BDSwiss Group. The German investor Jan Eric Malkus controls the German Cyprus broker scheme. FinTelegram recently reported on the restructuring of domains and operations at BDSwiss with its new Viverno scheme. A new Chief Commercial Officer (COO) was appointed in February 2023: Andreas Andreou, the former Head of Business Development at HF Markets’ subsidiary in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), announced his appointment on Twitter this week.

February 5, 2023

CySEC-Regulated BDSwiss Rearranged Its Domains And Business Activities!

2022 was for sure a difficult year for the BDSwiss scheme. For a few months in Q2 and Q3 2022, the CySEC-regulated German BDSwiss has not been accepting new clients. In March 2022, the German BaFin launched investigations against the offshore broker BDS Markets. In May 2022, the FCA banned BDSwiss from the UK due to its offshore activities. Our review today found that the CySEC-approved domains BDSwiss.com and EU.BDSwiss.com have been terminated. Here is an update.

February 1, 2023

Introducing Offshore CySEC-Regulated Errante And Its Offshore Activities!

Errante is the trading name of the investment company Notely Trading Ltd, which CySEC regulates with license number 383/20. Errante also operates two offshore mutations via Errante Trading LLC, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, and Errante Securities (Seychelles) Ltd, regulated by the FSA Seychelles. For unknown reasons, the Seychelles mutation switched the domain Errante.com to Errante-Global.com in December 2022. Here is our initial review.

January 31, 2023

Introducing CySEC Broker GO Markets And Its Offshore Mutation!

GO Markets is an Australian multi-asset broker regulated by CySEC in Cyprus. Besides, as is common with many CySEC-registered brokers, the broker scheme operates an offshore mutation regulated by the FSC Mauritius. This allows the strict ESMA and CySEC regulations to be bypassed, higher leverage can be offered, and pre-KYC deposits can be accepted. GO Markets offers a leverage of up to 1:500 and accepts clients from the EEA area without any problems. Here is our initial review.

January 24, 2023

Interesting: The Explosive Growth Of Offshore Broker RoboForex!

RoboMarkets Ltd is a CySEC-regulated broker d/b/a RoboMarkets. RoboForex is the scheme's offshore broker operated by RoboForex Ltd, Belize, regulated by FSC Belize. The offshore broker solicits clients in EEA regions and offers leverage of up to 1:1000. According to Similarweb statistics, more than 2.8 million people visit the website in the last 28 days, with the majority coming from Mexico, Brazil, and Russia. Here is our update. RoboForex recorded explosive growth over the last months.