Last week DB Investing trumpeted a “strategic partnership” with KYC vendor Sumsub. In reality, adding an off-the-shelf AML tool is hardly headline material; hundreds of brokers do it every day. The publicity blast looked less like real news and more like image-laundering for a man whose broker stable has ping-ponged across regulators, shells and continents for nearly two decades.
Invest Group Global recently proclaimed an "entrepreneurial triumph" under the leadership of Founder, Angel Investor, and CEO Gennaro Lanza, proudly boasting a purported yearly revenue of a staggering $15 million for 2023. While the press release touts this achievement with celebratory language, a closer inspection reveals a narrative rife with red flags and questionable practices associated with Lanza's broker schemes and activities.
Over the last couple of months, FinTelegram published several reports on the Maltese boiler room operator Capital Solutions Ltd. We very quickly received further information from whistleblowers and partners. The Italian Gennaro Lanza is currently the only remaining beneficial owner after his Italian co-founders Massimiliano Moroni, and Italo Mainolfi sold him their shares. Lanza is connected to several offshore brokers such as Dubai FXM, NewFX, or DB Investing. Evidently, he is operating a vast unauthorized financial business in Malta.