Tag: blacklist

Whale concentrations in BTC and Tether raising manipulation concerns
August 22, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

US Treasury blacklists Chinese crypto addresses under the Kingpin Designation Act

The US Treasury, or more specifically its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has recently blacklisted three Chinese residents and their respective crypto accounts. The reason? Smuggling of drugs and money laundering allegations. The three Chinese individuals are the following: Guanghua Zheng,  Xiaobing Yan and Fujing Zheng. All three of them are currently named as narcotics traffickers and…

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January 28, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Quebec regulator takes number of blacklisted trading companies to 73

The financial markets regulator of Canada's Quebec – AMF, has updated its “Black List” of unauthorized trading platforms targeting investors in the Canadian province. The latest additions to the list are 19 companies, thus taking the total number of blacklisted brokers to 73. As usual, the watchdog notes that the list is not exhaustive. AMF…

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February 12, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Russia's CRFIN blacklists Forex company PROM-24

Russia's Centre for Regulation in OTC Financial Instruments and Technologies, also known as CRFIN, has been diligently performing its oversight functions of the Russian Forex market to the degree that its status of a self-regulatory organization permits. One of the main functions of CRFIN is to inform traders and investors of fraudulent projects and companies…

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