Italian regulator Consob ordered the blackout of the websites of Pips500 broker scam (www.pips500.com). This site is a scam and is allegedly operated by the UK-registered Preqster Ltd. This entity is operated and controlled by Latvian citizen Sergejs Vasiljevs and is part of the Latvian Racket. This company also appears as the operator of the scam forex broker Preqster FX (www.preqsterfx.com). The latter apparently targets Turkish investors exclusively and claims that the operator is Australian ASIC-regulated PQ Invest Pty Ltd.