The FinTech Sector’s Role in Supporting Fraud The importance of financial technology providers in enabling large-scale investment fraud has become increasingly evident. U.S. prosecutors have repeatedly…
High-Profile Case Opens in Vienna Court The trial of Israeli national Gal Barak, accused of running a network of online trading platforms allegedly used to defraud…
Background and Legal Findings The Czech-registered company Xtrabit s.r.o., associated with Russian-born Australian citizen Vladislav “Vlad” Kogan, has been legally implicated in connection with unauthorized payment…
Background: Deconstructing a Fraudulent Ecosystem With the shutdown of the binary options platform SafeMarkets, attention is shifting toward examining the wider infrastructure behind it. SafeMarkets is…
Unveiling the Scams: The Dark World of Binary Options Between 2012 and 2018, a network of fraudulent binary options and forex platforms operated under the leadership…
Background: Law Enforcement Strikes Against Cybercrime Duo In early 2019, Gal Barak, an Israeli national, and his German partner Uwe Lenhoff were taken into custody during…
The Vienna Cybercrime Trials (VCT) took an unexpected turn as Gal Barak, the Israeli national accused of orchestrating a transnational cybercrime organization under the umbrella of…
GreenBox POS, a FinTech firm based in California, focuses on delivering blockchain-driven payment technologies. Listed on Nasdaq under the symbol GBOX since February 2021, the company…
