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Russian-Controlled Offshore Broker Scheme GrandCapital Received Red Compliance Rating!

Red Compliance Ben - May 25, 2023

FinTelegram published its initial review of the GrandCapital broker scheme in April 2022. We uncovered that GrandCapital and GC Option offshore brokers are controlled by Russian individuals and operated through various offshore entities in St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Seychelles, South Africa, Nigeria, and Namibia. Regulators have already warned against this offshore broker scheme. We have assigned a Red Compliance rating to GrandCapital.

Offshore Radar! Unauthorized Russian GrandCapital and their brands!

Illegal Broker Activities tamir - April 26, 2022

The discovered facts suggest that offshore brokers GrandCapital and GCOption from St. Petersburg in Russia operated through various offshore entities. GrandCapital, which operates illegally without authorization, was accepted as a member of The Financial Commission in 2016. In our initial review, we discovered that the GrandCapital group was also behind the (no longer licensed) Estonian crypto payment processor SerenityPay a/k/a Serenity Financial.

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