On March 1, 2024, the Italian financial watchdog Consob ordered the blackout of six illegal online trading platforms. The number of websites blocked by Consob orders reached the round figure of 1,029 since July 2019, when the “Decreto crescita” gave the Italien regulator the power to order ISPs to inhibit access from Italy to websites through which financial services are offered without proper authorization.
In May 2021, German BaFin issued a Cease and Desist Order against EZ2GO Ltd, registered in the Commonwealth of Dominica (report here). It operated the broker scam CapitalFX. On 26 Sept 2022, BaFin announced investigations against the broker scams Europemarket.io and Economix.io. In Oct 2022, the Spanish CNMV also issued a warning. Last week, the Italian Consob warned against the scam. However, the broker is still active. Stay far away!
In May 2021, German BaFin issued a Cease and Desist Order against EZ2GO Ltd, registered in the Commonwealth of Dominica (report here). It operated the broker scam CapitalFX. On 26 Sept 2022, BaFin announced investigations against the broker scams Europemarket.io and Economix.io. Other regulators followed with warnings. This week, the Spanish CNMV issued a warning against EZ2GO and EuropeMarket.
The German BaFin has issued another Cease and Desist Order against EZ2GO Ltd this week. The company, registered in the Commonwealth of Dominica, was registered as the operator of the CapitalFX broker scam. The scam is active with the domains www.capitalfx.co and www.capital-fx.info. Also named as an operator is Aegion Group Ltd, registered in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. As payment processors, we have discovered PayNetEasy and PayCent behind the BoxiPay cashier (PayBox).