At the time of the verdict, the court did not order restitution but allowed the government leave to gather evidence and determine the amount. In addition to the Spot Option database which the government exclusively relied for information on the fraudulent activities, it now added declaration of Michael J. Petron, a certified public accountant and…
Read moreForex Industry News and commentary this past week at LeapRate was clearly dominated by ESMA's (not so surprising) decision to cap Forex and CFD trading leverage at 30x - and that just for Forex major pairs. All other instruments, including cryptocurrencies, will be subject to an even lower leverage maximum. How did leading EU brokers…
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More than six months after she was arrested and placed under house arrest after disembarking a plane from Tel Aviv to New York at JFK airport, former Binary Options executive Lee Elbaz is now formally facing an indictment. The U.S. Department of Justice has announced that Ms. Elbaz, the former CEO of Israel-based company Yukom…
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After we reported last week that the FBI had sent investigators to Israel as part of their ongoing fraud investigation of Lee Elbaz, former CEO of several Binary Options broker brands, Israel business news website TheMarker has reported that those FBI investigators last week raided the offices of leading Binary Options platform provider SpotOption. Lee Elbaz…
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Israel TV news outlet Ten News (10.tv) has reported that investigators from the FBI's financial fraud unit have arrived in Israel, as part of their investigation of Lee Elbaz. Lee Elbaz was arrested in September in New York's JFK airport after arriving on a flight from Israel, and has been held since under house arrest…
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