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Investor Warning Against Scam Broker Oro Markets Facilitated by MoonPay!

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The Spanish regulator CNMV warned against the broker scam Oro Markets earlier this week. It is allegedly operated by ECB7 Capital Ltd, registered in St. Vincent & The Grenadines. However, we have not found this offshore entity. It is likely to be a fake. Potential victims can lose their money via credit/debit cards and crypto. One of the payment facilitators is MoonPay. Stay far away and protect your data and financial health.

Russian Broker Scam Binarium Terminated Registration For EEA Residents!

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Currently, Russian broker scam Binarium is running a massive promotion and offers generous bonuses of 100% for deposits. FinTelegram and financial market regulators have already issued several warnings against Binarium, which operates through Binarium Limited, registered in Cyprus, and an offshore entity in St. Vincent & The Grenadines. For some time now, the new registration has been blocked for EEA residents. However, existing EEA clients can still register, make deposits, and trade. Stay far away!

Urgent Warning Against Russian Broker Scam Binarium Attacking Eastern European Consumers!

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In Dec 2021, the Italian Consob ordered the blackout of Binarium's websites for Italian consumers. The boiler rooms operate with Russian phone numbers and are located in Russia, Latvia, and Ukraine. Binarium is huge. According to the latest Similarweb statistics from December 27, 2022, almost 325000 people have visited the website in the last 28 days. Mainly from Eastern European countries. Stay far away and protect your financial health.

Update On Russian High-Risk Crypto Payment Processor Itez!

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Over the last years, FinTelegram has discovered the Russian-controlled high-risk payment processor Itez in several scams, such as FXOptex, Optimus Markets, and Spintop Capital. Itez is operated by FIU-licensed Estonian DataBridge OÜ and the UK-registered Hypergate Ltd. In both companies, Maria Neverdinova-Rostovtseva is installed as a director. The Itez scheme is connected to the Italian Allesandro Rocco Piedrodola and his group of companies. Similarweb says they mostly do business in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus.

Introducing Alessandro Rocco Pietrocola, Astorts Group, and their fintech ventures!

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According to the description on the websites of his companies Astorts Group and Pietrocola Holding, the Italian Alessandro Rocco Pietrocola is an entrepreneur based in London with a focus on the Baltic Countries, Asia, and the Middle East. In particular, he seems to be interested in payment and fintech ventures. In the UK, he is an approved FCA person and connected to the payment institution Nextlevel Payments and the loan broker Cuefin Ltd. Moreover, Pietrocola is an officer and beneficial owner in several crypto payment companies.

Urgent warning! Russian Binarium scam brokers still hunting Western consumers!

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Amid the Ukraine War, the Russian Binarium broker scam continues its attacks. Legal entities in Cyprus and St. Vincent & the Grenadines operate the scam targeting consumers in Europe, North America, and Asia. In Dec 2021, the Italian Consob ordered the blackout of Binarium's websites for Italian consumers. The boiler rooms operate with Russian phone numbers and are located in Russia, Latvia, and Ukraine. The scam works with Russian payment processors and cryptocurrencies. Stay far away!

Unregulated Russian scam broker Binarium and its network of companies and domains!

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Binarium is an unregulated Russian broker operating outside Russia through legal entities in Cyprus and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, targeting consumers in Europe, North America and Asia. The Italian Consob ordered the blackout of Binarium's websites for Italian consumers. The boiler rooms operate with a Russian phone number and are located in Russia, Latvia and Ukraine. The Russian site can be reached through the domain www.binarlum.co

FCA warning against PrimeQX broker scam operating with CySEC clone site

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued an investor warning against the broker scam PrimeQX. The scam is operated by PRIME BUSINESS FINANCE LTD and MAGNETITS CAPITAL LTD. The scam claims to be regulated by CySEC with license number 129/22. The scammers operate the fake CySEC site www.cysecgov.com where PrimeQX is falsely presented as a CySEC-approved domain. As the scams payment facilitators, we have discovered iPayTotal, Itez, WE4BTC, and PaymentsPro.

The GlobalCFD broker scam and its payment processors

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The Italian regulator Consob ordered the blackout of the then GlobalCFD broker scam website in Feb 2021 www.globalcfd.co. A few days ago, the regulator also blocked the scam's new domain www.globalfxcfd.com. The scam is allegedly operated by GlobalCFD Ltd and D&D Venture Project Ltd via the Marshall Islands. As payment processors, we have once again found a few of the usual suspects. Among them the iPayTotal and the crypto payment processors Itez and WE4BTC.

R4I – Estonian crypto payment processor Itez and Databridge

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We have already discovered the high-risk payment processor Itez (www.itez.com) in several scams as a facilitator. For example, FXOptex, Optimus Markets, and Spintop Capital have integrated Itez as a payment processor. Itez is operated by DataBridge OÜ, which is licensed in Estonia by the relevant FIU. Maria Neverdinova-Rostovtseva is installed there as Nominee Director (Monkey). Currently, we do not know the beneficial owners of DataBridge. We would like to know more about the payment processor.

Investor Warning – Dragon Capital with Optimus Markets and Spintop Capital

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UK FCA issued an investor warning against the scam broker Optimus Markets (www.optimusmarkets.com), allegedly operated by Hungarian Dragon Capital KFT (a/k/a Dragon Capital Limited). This entity also operates the Spintop Capital scam. Both scams target victims in Europe and Russia. Several Russian payment processors are integrated, and the sites are available in Russian. The main currency used when selecting the payment option is the Russian ruble. QIWI, Itez, Payeer, Alikassa, BetaTransfer, Paythrone, and Pay Op are integrated as payment processors.

Austrian FMA warns against FXOptex Groups scam with iPayTotal, and OctaPay

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FMA issued an investor warning against the broker scam FXOptex Groups which FXOptexGroups Global Ltd operates. Further details about persons or companies cannot be found. The website only mentions that the company operates under the laws of Cyprus. However, you can find the usual suspects below the scam-facilitating payment processors like iPayTotal, or OctaPay. In addition, we have also found ShefaPay and the Estonian Itez.

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