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During recent months, the FSMA has observed a significant number of cases of investment fraud that take the form of stealing the identity of authorized companies (‘cloned firms’). In this form of fraud, swindlers take on the identity of an authorized company in order to give consumers the impression that they have the authorization to […]

ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS AUTHORITY, PUBLISHED IN APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 78 OF THE LAW OF 21 NOVEMBER 2017 Trading in the financial instruments of Asit Biotech, ISIN BE0974289218 on Euronext Brussels will re-open on 12/02/2020 at 09:00 CET. Source: FSMA

The FSMA warned the public against fraudulent offers of investment in wine (see our warnings from 22 May 2019 and 4 July 2019). Since then, consumers have reported to us that they were approached with fraudulent offers of investment in whisky. The principle remains the same: victims are contacted by phone by a salesperson, who […]

ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS AUTHORITY, PUBLISHED IN APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 78 OF THE LAW OF 21 NOVEMBER 2017 Trading in the financial instruments of Asit Biotech, ISIN BE0974289218, on Euronext Brussels is suspended on the request of the company from 11/02/2020 at 09:00 CET until the publication of a press release. Source: […]

The Chairman of the FSMA, Jean-Paul Servais, provided information on cryptocurrencies during a Senate hearing. The hearing took place before the Committee on Cross-cutting Issues following the tabling of a proposal for a resolution aimed at establishing a legal framework for the sale, purchase and use of virtual currencies and all related financial products. In […]

“The department once again showed how it can and will follow the money,” said Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco. 1614 Total views 28 Total shares Authorities in the United States have made arrests and announced the seizure of $3.6 billion in cryptocurrency more than five years after hackers stole 119,756 Bitcoin (BTC) from the Bitfinex […]