Tag: Forex fraud

November 12, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

FXOpen publishes warning against clones

“Corporate cloning” - a practice involving unauthorized businesses misusing the data of legitimate ones, has become widespread across the Forex industry. The latest Forex broker to be a target of this illicit practice is FXOpen. The broker has just published an announcement on its website against such abuse of the FXOpen® trademark, as well as…

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March 06, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Phillip Boakes gets 10-year prison sentence over FX Ponzi scheme

Phillip Boakes, who defrauded investors of more than £3.5 million, was today sentenced at Southwark Crown Court to 10 years in jail. Boakes, who ran CurrencyTrader Ltd, a company engaged in Forex spread betting, lured investments using false instruments and taking deposits without having the proper authorization. In running a typical Ponzi scheme, Boakes funded…

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