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Showing 12 to 21 of 51 search results for bond and boiler room scams.

  1. Share, bond and boiler room scams

    Find out how share and bond scams work, how to avoid them and what to do if you’re scammed.

  2. Six guilty in relation to £2.7m boiler room scam

    Press Releases Published: 11/12/2017 Last modified: 11/12/2017
    In a criminal prosecution brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), three defendants have today been found guilty for their roles in a series of boiler rooms which led to the loss of more than £2.7m of investors’ funds. 

  3. Restricted US share scams

    Scams Published: 04/04/2016 Last modified: 05/05/2016
    Find out how restricted US shares work, how to tell if it is a scam, what you can do to protect yourself and what to do if you have been scammed.

  4. FCA winds up a boiler room

    Press Releases Published: 20/03/2014 Last modified: 01/04/2014
    FCA winds up a boiler room. Press Releases First published:. 20/03/2014. ... FCA winds up a boiler room.

  5. An arrest in FCA boiler room investigation

    Press Releases Published: 13/03/2014 Last modified: 30/09/2016
    One individual, aged 21, was arrested and interviewed in connection with an investigation into boiler room activity. ... Because the people selling shares through boiler rooms do not have permission from the FCA to do so, boiler room scams constitute

  6. Three arrested in FCA boiler room investigation

    Press Releases Published: 15/01/2014 Last modified: 15/01/2014
    Boiler room operations usually use high-pressure selling techniques to persuade consumers to buy shares that are often worth very little or nothing at all. ... Because the people selling shares through boiler rooms do not have permission from the FCA to

  7. Recovery room scams

    Consumers Scams Published: 04/12/2019 Last modified: 30/10/2023
    Find out how recovery room scams work, how to avoid them and what to do if you’re scammed.

  8. GFS Management Limited

    Warnings Published: 05/04/2016 Last modified: 25/08/2016
    Fraudsters are using the details of firms we authorise to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Find out more about this ‘clone firm’.

  9. FCA acts quickly to stop suspected boiler room from taking more money

    Press Releases Published: 19/11/2013 Last modified: 29/11/2016
    A suspected boiler room has had an unlimited worldwide asset freezing order placed upon it by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) after a High Court judge agreed that First Capital Wealth Limited (FCW) posed a serious risk to consumers. The

  10. Fraud

    Tasks for regulated firms Published: 22/02/2016 Last modified: 21/02/2023
    Fraud falls within the FCA's objective of reducing the risk of financial crime and also affects our consumer protection objectives. Find out more about our approach.

  11. www.kingsleyadvice.com (clone firm)

    Warnings Published: 12/11/2013 Last modified: 25/08/2016
    Fraudsters are using the details of firms we authorise to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Find out more about this ‘clone firm’.