People | FinTelegram News

Category: People

Job Movements

February 26, 2023

Job Notice: The HQ Head Resigned At Troubled BDSwiss!

As reported by Fintelegram, BDSwiss had a difficult 2022 with regulatory investigations due to its offshore activities. Thus, the CySEC-regulated broker hired new management, closed down the BDSwiss brand, and launched the new brand viverno. Natale Mastoroudes, the HR Head at BDSwiss, is leaving her Cyprus-based role at the broker. She has not been in this role for too long, only a bit over 7 months.

February 21, 2023

Expansion: Cyprus-Based PayTech Praxis Opens Office In Dubai!

The Cyprus-based paytech Praxis Tech Ltd d/b/a Praxis, founded by the Israeli Amit Klatchko, announced the opening of their new representative office, Praxis Technology LLC, in the heart of Dubai's Business Bay. According to their press release, Praxis has grown exponentially over the past few years. Thus, their new office with experienced professionals would be the next step to catering to a growing global base of clients.

February 12, 2023

People Radar: Introducing Payabl Non-Executive Director James Hickman!

According to his LinkedIn profile, James Hickman, a British national, serves as CEO of the publicly traded (AIM: CSFS) Cornerstone FS PLC. Its subsidiary Cornerstone Payment Solutions Ltd, is an FCA-regulated e-money institution. James Hickman also serves as a non-executive director at the UK entity of German-Cypriot high-risk payment processor Payabl, founded and controlled by former Wirecard executives Ruediger Trautmann and Dietmar Knoechelmann.

February 12, 2023

BDSwiss Appointed Marc Suarez As LATAM Marketing Manager

Marc Suárez joined the CySEC-regulated broker BDSwiss in December 2021. He has been appointed LATAM Marketing Manager to support the broker in these new target..

February 10, 2023

Notorious High-Risk Payment Veteran Ruchi Rathor And Her Remarkable Twitter Statements!

Notorious Indian payment veteran Ruchi Rathor has raised a dark empire of high-risk payment processors over the past few decades. In the process, payment processors like iPayTotal regularly disappear with their merchants' money. Most recently, there was a verbal battle on LinkedIn between Rathor's Paypound and a merchant who felt cheated (report here). Now, for the first time, Ruchi Rathor has made public statements on Twitter, indirectly confirming the allegations.

February 10, 2023

Fred Scala Was Appointed Managing Director of Direct Trading Technologies

Direct Trading Technologies, the globally regulated financial services provider, has appointed industry veteran Fred Scala as its new Managing Director, overseeing the company’s professional and institutional business division. Fred is also tasked with advancing the company's ambitious growth plans. Scala, one of the most prominent names in the industry, joins DTT with a more than 40-year track record in the financial services and fintech sector.

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.

January 7, 2023

Crypto Court Season: Disgraced Celsius Founder Alex Mashinsky Sued For Crypto Fraud!

She did it again! She is famous for going after crypto schemes and their operators. New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a civil lawsuit against Celsius Network founder Alex Mashinsky, alleging that he defrauded investors out of billions of dollars with his crypto lending scheme by hiding its true financial situation. Mashinsky allegedly continued to promote Celsius as a safe alternative to banks and paid up to 17% interest on deposits while already deep in shit!

January 2, 2023

Merchant Alert: Indian Authorities Investigate Ruchi Rathor And Her Companies For Tax Evasion!

Indian-British high-risk payment veteran Ruchi Rathor has been blazing a trail through the high-risk merchant segment for many years with her many companies. Millions are missing in the UK insolvency surrounding iPayTotal, which she co-founded. Most recently, Rathor has increasingly focused on crypto payments with Payomatix, Kryptova, or BitMatix. Crypto revenues are taxable in India (and other countries as well). Allegedly, Indian authorities are currently investigating possible tax evasion.

People Radar

November 30, 2022

Russian Crypto Tycoon Died In Mysterious Circumstances!

Daily News reports that Vyacheslav Taran, a high-profile crypto tycoon, has died in mysterious circumstances. The 53-year-old Russian billionaire was killed when the helicopter he was traveling in crashed near Monaco. Since the crash happened in good, clear weather - and after another passenger reportedly canceled last minute - conspiracy theories are circulating. Allegedly, Taran hat Russian Foreign Intelligence Service and had laundered Russian funds.

November 26, 2022

Interesting! Russian Interest In The Slovak Corruption Tsunami!

Slovakia has a systematic corruption problem. FinTelegram reported that the National Criminal Agency (NAKA) in Slovakia charged Peter Kažimír, the sitting National Bank of Slovakia (NBS) governor and former finance minister, in a corruption case. Actually, an unremarkable report but hundreds of Russians got nervous about it. Within less than an hour, the article was read by hundreds of people in Russia. Why are Russians interested in a Slovakian corruption case? Good question, isn't it?