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Case File: Clone Finalto Markets – Wearing a Real Broker’s Name
A textbook clone operation: real brand, real-looking paperwork, different domain, different bank account. How the Finalto clone was flagged.
Case File: Royal Q – The ‘Auto-Trading Robot’ With a Regulator Warning
Malaysia's Securities Commission warned about Royal Q back in 2021. The automated-profit robot pitch still resurfaces – here is the record.
Case File: ProInteractiveBrokers – A Famous Name, Plus a Prefix
CIRO's December 2025 warning against 'ProInteractiveBrokers' shows the cheapest trick in brand fraud: ride a giant's name with one extra word.
Case File: CIBfx – Four Years on the FCA Warning List and Still Circulating
The FCA warned about CIBfx in June 2022. Records like this show why old warnings still matter – burned brands get recycled.
Case File: Meteor Profit – One Brand, Mismatched Domain, FSMA Warning
Belgium's FSMA warned about Meteor Profit in October 2025. The detail worth studying: the 'brand' lived on a domain that didn't even…
Case File: HERITAGE PROFIT – Flagged by the FCA Within Days of Surfacing
The FCA warning against HERITAGE PROFIT landed in December 2025 – and the registry record shows how fast the modern flag pipeline…
Case File: AscotPrime – The Unverifiable Operating Entity
AscotPrime claimed to be run by a company that no register substantiates as a licensed operator. Anatomy of the paperwork shell game.
Case File: HORIZONS 28 – Spain’s CNMV Calls It in January 2026
CNMV's warning against HORIZONS 28 is a reminder that broker fraud is jurisdiction-hopping – and why one country's warning list protects everyone.
Case File: Hayat Global – An FCA Warning and the Anatomy of ‘Global’ Branding
Warned by the UK FCA in November 2022. 'Global' in a broker's name is doing the same job 'Heritage' does – borrowing…
Case File: BoForex – ‘Fully Licensed and Regulated’, Says Who?
BoForex's own website called its operating company 'fully licensed and regulated'. The registers tell a different story – and that gap is…