The scourge of financial fraud continues to expand with Forex
and binary options fraud, in particular, gaining ground
globally. Many hundreds of people around the world are
targeted each day. In many cases, they are novice investors
who are unfamiliar with the markets and do not recognise that they
are dealing with a bogus trading platform. The fraudulent
brokers rely on this lack of knowledge.
Eventually, when the fraudsters finally decide that there is no
more money to be had from the unfortunate target they cut all
contact, the hapless investor begins to suspect that they have been
scammed.
The target individuals have frequently
lost considerable sums of money and have little idea of where to
turn for help. Many try to find out if they can trace the
owners of the company and see if there is someone who can be held
accountable. Often this leads to the discovery of myriad
inter-connected limited liability companies, often some are
registered in different