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January 30, 2023

Whistleblower Request About SettlePay, CheckoutFX, And Their Shabby Binance Pay Services!

We have found the CheckoutFX payment platform dozens of times among the many broker scams we analyze. This is operated anonymously from Russia and/or Ukraine. Most recently, we found CheckoutFX in the PocketOption broker scheme PocketOption together with SettlePay, a supposedly exclusive Binance partner for the CIS countries, including Ukraine. Through CheckoutFX and SettlePay, deposits from PocketOption clients were misrepresented as food transactions. We would like to know more.

January 18, 2023

Whistleblower Request: SinaraCorp, BitnextLTD, And Their Cybercrime Scheme Facilitated By Luna!

In March and May 2022, FinTelegram warned against a cybercrime scheme around different companies in different jurisdictions and a multitude of domains and websites. Since our report, some websites have vanished, but the scheme is still chasing victims. The German BaFin warned against SinaraCorp, while the Austrian FMA warned against BitnexLTD. Other regulators have also issued warnings against the aggressive cybercrime scheme. Here is an update.

January 8, 2023

Urgent Warning Against Broker Scam Portrades!

Today we have discovered Scam Portrades, a broker that appears to be operated through Bulgarian and is supposedly operated through Signix Ltd, registered in the Marshall Islands. Bulgarian Tera Solutions is named as the payment agent on the website. As a payment facilitator, we have once again discovered ShinePays, which processes victims' credit/debit card deposits. Stay very far away and save yourself from losing your money and misusing your data.

January 6, 2023

Attention! Do Not Fall For The Russian MaxiMarkets And MaxiTrade Broker Scams!

MaxiMarkets is already an old scam and is still not gone. In April 2019, the Spanish regulator CNMV issued a warning, and in August 2020, the Italian regulator Consob had the offshore broker's website blocked for Italian consumers. The Financial Commission has also placed MaxiMarkets on its warning list. However, the scam is still active and targets mainly Russian-speaking victims. We have discovered Ramp and the Irish Apachewell as payment processors.

December 21, 2022

Investor Warning Against Trades Universal Broker Scam!

The Spanish regulator CNMV has issued a warning against the broker scam Trades Universal which is allegedly operated by the offshore entities Everest Capital Ltd and Universal Scale Investment Ltd in the Marshall Islands. As a payment processor we have discovered PayRetailers. Potential victims may lose their money via credit and debit card deposits. Stay far away and save yourself from losing your money and misusing your data.

December 16, 2022

Urgent Warning (Again) Against PandaTS-Powered Broker Scam DaxGlobe!

We have reported and warned about the vanished PandaTS-powered broker Daxiron time and again. The offshore entity Synnfrey Sol Ltd, registered in the Commonwealth of Dominica, is the stated operator. In or around February 2022, the scam vanished, was renamed DaxGlobe, and continued to attack victims across all regulatory regimes on this planet. Like Daxiron, DaxGlobe deceives its victims with fake documents to prove its legitimacy and show profits. Stay far away and maintain your financial health!

December 15, 2022

Attention! Another Urgent Warning Against CrystalsCapitals Broker Scam!

We received new victim reports! The Royal Capitals, Eurotrade Invest Group, and CrystalsCapitals are broker scams, chasing after victims via fraudulent crypto campaigns and fake news articles. Anyone who registers there is automatically redirected to the scam's payment page. The operator is allegedly Shadlake Ltd, registered in Bulgaria. As facilitating payment processors, we found OpenUp, ArdelixPay, ChargeMoney, or RESET for credit card payments. You should stay far away and protect your financial health and data.

December 5, 2022

Urgent Warning Against Bulgarian Broker Scams Royal Capitals Et Al!

The Royal Capitals broker scam is promoted via fraudulent crypto campaigns like Bit IQ and fake news articles. Anyone who registers there is automatically redirected to the scam's payment page. The operator of Royal Capitals is allegedly Shadlake Ltd, registered in Bulgaria. As facilitating payment processors, we found OpenUp, ArdelixPay, ChargeMoney, or RESET for credit card payments. They should stay far away and protect their financial health and data.

November 24, 2022

Urgent Warning Against Broker Scam CT Matador!

We have warned against the broker scam CTMatador for several months now. Trustpilot warns against fake reviews CTMatador has used to present itself as reputable. But the scam is still online and attacking consumers. As payment processors, we discovered the notorious scam facilitators Finanic, GameChangers, ChargeMoney, and Paypound. In our today's review, none of the payment options worked. Currently, the payment system is not active; it seems like the scam is about to vanish!

November 21, 2022

Payvision: How To Make Business With Criminals!

ING's current subsidiary Payvision will close in 2023. The reason for this was the massive involvement of Payvision in cybercrime and money laundering activities under its founder and former CEO Rudolf Booker. Booker sold Payvision to ING for around €350 million in 2018. How unabashedly Booker did business with cybercrime organizations as CEO is shown files from the criminal proceedings against convicted fraudster Gal Barak. Here is a remarkable scene from the criminal file!

November 6, 2022

Merchant Alert: New High-Risk Payment Processor BizzBusters Ante Portas!

BizzBusters Ltd was a UK-registered company founded in 2012 by Indian Anurag Pratap Singh, the husband of British-Indian high-risk payment scammer Ruchi Rathor. The company was dissolved in 2016 via a compulsory strike-off and has disappeared. According to whistleblower information, BizzBusters is now to be revived via an Indian company. The mastermind behind the BizzBusters project would be Ruchi Rathor's son-in-law, Yuvraj Singh, and his brother Swaraj Singh.

November 2, 2022

New Allegations Against Payvision Founder Rudolf Booker, Who Sees A Witch Hunt!

Since the money-laundering prosecution of Payvision and its founders became known, the Dutch media has been intensively interested in the founder Rudolf Booker but also in the role of ING. In an interview with Financieele Dagblad, Rudolf Booker sees a witch hunt against him. The authorities are investigating whether ING paid an inflated purchase price for Payvision. Booker indignantly rejects all accusations and points to ING.