The binary options industry was conceived in Israel as a gamification of the Forex industry. Forex for the stupid, it was. One of the masterminds and a member of our super villains' list was Yossi Herzog. Together with his junior partner Yakov "Kobi" Cohen, he launched, among others, the Yukom Scheme. While their former CEO, Lee Elbaz, and other managers were sentenced to prison and fines in the U.S., Herzog and Cohen are not available for the U.S. authorities.
The Spanish regulator CNMV issued 14 new warnings against websites offering regulated financial products without permission. Some of the warned scams and their operators like BTC-Markets or SwissFXM we know and have issued warnings in the past. We will take a closer look at the other warned providers and bring detailed reports soon. It is always interesting for our research team to compare the regulators’ findings with ours. Below is the list of new warnings.
The UK FCA has issued an investor warning against three forex, CFD, and crypto broker scams Nectac TradeFX (www.nectatradefx.info), Optimal Trade Options (www.optimaltradeoptions.com ), and Fortexo (www.fortexo.co). FinTelegram has issued several warnings against Fortexo, which runs on the PumaTS white-label platform. Read our reports here. The same scammers run Nectac TradeFX and Optimal Trade Options through various offshore and fake entities. Stay far away!