Tag: Paythrone

R4I – The secretive Ukrainian Paythrone focused on complex merchants

PayCom42 tamir - February 18, 2021

The website of the high-risk payment processor Paythrone looks acceptable. Not exactly majestic as the name might suggest, but nice. Other than that, you won't find much on the website. Neither is it stated (or we didn't find it) which legal entities and persons operate the payment facilitator or under which jurisdiction it operates. We have found the payment processor focused on "complex merchants" most recently in the two broker scams Spintop Capital and Optimus Markets. However, we would love to learn more about the mysterious provider.

Investor Warning – Dragon Capital with Optimus Markets and Spintop Capital

Cybercrime Charlene Lensburg - February 17, 2021

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.

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