The Spanish regulator reported back after the X-Mas break almost at the same time as the Italian Consob. They issued their last warnings on Dec 27, 2021, followed by a three-week silence. The Spanish CNMV has reported back today with investor warnings against 48 providers of illegal financial services. We call this is an impressive start to the 2022 year by the CNMV folks. Let's interpret this to mean that 2022 can be a strong year for the CNMV in the fight against scams and financial cybercrime.
The German regulator BaFin announced an investigation into the broker scam CRYPTOLICHT. Currently, the scam operator and illegal payment processor is the Polish company Smarteek Sp. Z.o.o., which has an account with CSFZipp Limited in the UK. Also connected to the scam are the Estonian company TechGuide Solutions OÜ, which in turn operated the Financial-Experts scam with AntariLLa Management Inc in Seychelles. Both sides are online and attack consumers in English and German.