Tag: Evgenii Kalashnikov

FinTelegram has already issued several warnings against the offshore broker PO Trade, which is included on our Red Compliance List. PO Trade and PocketOption are the trading names of this offshore broker scheme which has legal entities in various offshore jurisdictions such as Marshall Islands or St. Lucia. We recently published a report on fake reviews of PocketOption on Trustpilot. The Spanish CNMV issued a warning against PO Trade on April 8, 2024.

We downgraded Russian-controlled offshore broker PocketOption to our black compliance list a few weeks ago in light of its numerous regulatory warnings. In recent months, PocketOption a/k/a PO Trade a/k/a PO has also addressed the Russian market, which is actually blocked by Western sanctions, through a network of new domains and websites and acquired retail traders. Here is an update on PocketOption.

Most recently, the Belgian FSMA has placed the offshore broker scheme PocketOption a/k/a PO Trade on its blacklist. Over the past few years, several regulators have already warned against the unregulated broker. For a few weeks, PocketOption has been operated by Infiniti Trade LLC, a company registered in Costa Rica. Before that, it was Gembell Limited. We have added PocketOption to our Red Compliance list.

In December 2022, we brought our initial report on the offshore broker PocketOption, allegedly operated by the offshore entity Gembell Limited in the Marshall Islands. PocketOption is connected to PO Trade, operated by PO Trade Ltd. The Russian Evgenii Kalashnikov controls the schemes. According to the latest Similarweb statistics, PockeOption acquired almost 18% of its clients in the U.S. Deposits are possible with credit/debit cards, Jeton, Perfect Money, Webmoney, Advcash, or via crypto. Stay far away and protect your financial health.

The offshore broker PocketOption is allegedly operated by the offshore entity Gembell Limited in the Marshall Islands. We found that PocketOption is connected to PO Trade and controlled by the Russian Evgenii Kalashnikov. Both offshore schemes supposedly do not accept clients from the U.S. or EEA, however, it was no problem to register as a resident of these regulatory regimes. Deposits are possible with credit/debit cards, Jeton, Perfect Money, Webmoney, Advcash, or via crypto. Stay far away and protect your financial health.