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March 10, 2020

Cointeck Broker Scam vanished into the dark web

Cointeck (www.cointeck.io) was an illegal and fraudulent FOREX broker platform focused exclusively on cryptocurrencies. This way the perpetrators no longer needed bank accounts for payment processing and could hide even more easily in the dark of the web. However, you could buy Bitcoins via the Crypto-Exchange Bitsale (www.bitsale.com). The crypto exchange is operated by Bitsale Ltd, which is registered in Cyprus.

December 18, 2019

Attacking Europe – Serbian Boiler Room Operator Tera Media and the Dutch Scam Axis

The boiler rooms in Belgrade are still active. Officially, they call themselves call centers, business process outsourcing (BPO) or marketing companies. Essentially, they are illegal..

April 14, 2019

The Montenegrin Money Connection of the “Lenhoff-Barak” Crime Scheme

The brazen “Lenhoff-Barak” organization seems to become bigger by the day and spans across the EU, the Balkans, and Israel. The Central Bank of Montenegro..

April 7, 2019

Another Boiler Room Exposed – Capital Market Solutions Serves Illegal Broker Schemes

The FinTelegram Research Team thanks its whistleblowers once again. Without their information, we would hardly be able to put together the great puzzle around the..

April 6, 2019

Update On The Illegal “Euro Wealth-Nostro” Broker Scheme

FinTelegram received some updates from its whistleblowers regarding the vast fraudulent “Euro Wealth-Nostro” broker scheme that is involved in the operation of at least 10..

March 24, 2019

MRTmarkets Scheme – Update on Floris Pieter Bartel Waals, Zoltan Korcsog, Iuliia Davydenko And Their Network

In February 2019 FinTelegram published the first report on the illegal broker scheme of Floris Pieter Bartel Waals and his Estonian-registered companies Grau International OÜ..

The Unraveling of Rabidi and the Rise of the SoftSwiss Network: Our Updated Forensic Report

A few months ago, FinTelegram released a first forensic report on the bankruptcy of Rabidi N.V., a Curacao-registered online casino operator with hundreds of millions in revenues — and no traceable assets by the time of its collapse in May 2024. That report already raised serious questions about the opaque structures behind Rabidi’s operations and its successor, Liernin Enterprises Ltd.

DeFi Decoded: Smart Contracts – The Code Behind the DeFi Revolution

Smart contracts are the invisible architects of decentralized finance. These self-executing lines of code run everything from token swaps to lending platforms without middlemen. But while they offer autonomy, they also introduce new risks—bugs, exploits, and irreversible mistakes. In this fourth installment of our FinTelegram DeFi Series, we explain what smart contracts are.

CFTC

Despite New Crypto Friendlyness: No Settlement Between U.S. CFTC And KuCoin?

A planned settlement between the U.S.CFTC and crypto exchange KuCoin is now in limbo due to a reported policy shift within the CFTC. This change is attributed to the Trump administration’s new approach, which deprioritizes enforcement actions against crypto companies. As a result, a CFTC attorney said that it is "unlikely that such authorization will be granted in the near term" regarding the settlement approval.

SEC’s New Era: Paul Atkins Sworn In—Will Crypto Finally Get the Regulatory Clarity It Deserves?

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has entered a new chapter with the swearing-in of Paul S. Atkins as its 34th Chairman, a move widely anticipated to mark a dramatic pivot in how the agency approaches crypto and DeFi regulation. For years, the financial industry—especially the burgeoning digital asset sector—has bristled under the SEC’s “Regulation by Enforcement” strategy.

Crypto Mogul Changpeng Zhao – Fallen, Rich, and Rising Again?

As spring 2025 blooms and Easter’s themes of rebirth fill the air, Changpeng Zhao emerges as one of the most controversial figures of startup mythology: a man who fell spectacularly, paid a price—then rose again, wealthier and louder than ever. Once the almighty architect of Binance, CZ now resides in Dubai with a net worth that Forbes estimates at $63 billion.