The warning site of the Italian regulator Consob has not been available over the last 10 days without any reasons given. In a press release, Consob informed that it has ordered the blackout of n new nine websites that offer financial services/financial products illegally. Eight of them are illegal financial intermediation websites and one website through which an offer of financial products is carried out in the absence of a prospectus. Most of the scams the Consob ordered to be blacked-out we have already warned against.
The Israeli fraudster Gal Barak is currently serving his four-year sentence handed down by the court in early September 2020 in the #VCT proceedings. He was one of the principals of the E&G Bulgaria cybercrime organization and found guilty of investment fraud and money-laundering. The German prosecutor's office also wants to charge him and has requested extradition. The trial against his wife, Marina Barak, is scheduled to start on March 15, 2021.