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  1. 16 August 2021

    How a family chat might have saved one man from losing $50,000 to an investment scam

    When a band of international scammers launches a sophisticated, multi-person project to fleece you out of your money, your best protection might be closer to home than you think.

    Bill* is in his early 70s, lives in a small provincial town and works in the health sector. He fell victim to an international share trading fraud which all began with an unsolicited phone call from a man in New York, ringing as part of a survey associated with Wall St Journal.
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    Consumer, Scams
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  3. 15 July 2021

    Match! Jane met scammer on dating app and lost over $100,000

    Jane contacted the FMA in June 2021 to report a serious investment scam that had cost her more than $100,000. The scammer initially matched with Jane on popular dating app, Hinge, in March. After months of chatting, he lured her into a complicated investment scam involving supposed forex currency trading. Here’s her story.
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    Consumer, Scams
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  4. 27 August 2021

    Connected with a con: Nisha met a scammer on LinkedIn

    Nisha contacted the FMA in May 2021 to report a scam targeting users of popular social media platform Linkedin. She had connected with a woman who convinced her to invest with an entity called Standard Coin Options, which then insisted she pay them ‘tax’ before they would release her ‘profits’
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    Consumer, Scams
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  6. 24 November 2017

    Fullerton Markets

    The FMA has issued a formal AML/CFT warning to Fullerton Markets. Read more.
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    AML/CFT, Enforceable action, Roles, Business, Enforcement
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  8. 17 January 2018

    Trustees Executors Limited

    Trustees Executors Limited, FSP37383, is licensed by the FMA as Supervisor.
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    Roles, Licensed entity, Reporting entities, Business, Supervisor
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  9. 17 January 2023

    Public Trust

    Published Trust, FSP24561, is licensed by the FMA as Supervisor.
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    Roles, Licensed entity, Reporting entities, Business, Supervisor
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  10. 16 August 2019

    Viaduct Capital & Mutual Finance

    Paul Bublitz was found guilty of four charges of theft by a person in a special relationship and two charges of false statement by a promoter. He was sentenced to 3 years two months imprisonment for each of the charges, to be served concurrently. Read more.
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    Court – criminal, Powers, Enforcement
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  11. 22 December 2020

    Rodney McCall and Morgan Cooper Limited

    The FMA alleges Mr McCall contacted people and convinced them to ‘invest’ by transferring money into bank accounts he controlled. After incorporating a company, Morgan Cooper Limited, he further cold-called other investors to promote a foreign exchange investment service which did not exist.
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    Court – criminal, Powers, Enforcement
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  12. 18 January 2023

    FMA appoints Stuart Johnson to new Chief Economist role

    We have appointed Stuart Johnson to the newly created role of Chief Economist. Stuart joins the FMA from London, UK, where he has been Head of Behavioural Economics, Conduct Risk and Customer Experience, at major international banking and insurance firms since 2015.
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    Media release, News & Insights
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  13. 28 August 2017

    Prince and Partners

    In taking these proceedings, it was the first time FMA brought s 34 case and acted in the place of the investors in Viaduct who lost most of their investments when Viaduct was put into receivership. Read more.
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    Court – civil, Powers, Enforcement
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  14. 30 October 2018

    Pacific Eagle Capital (PEC)

    The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has issued an infringement notice to Pacific Eagle Capital (PEC) for failing to file financial statements by its due date. Read more.
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    Infringement notice, Powers, Enforcement
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  15. 22 July 2015

    Lombard Finance & Investments

    The breaches relate to Lombard's failure to disclose information to the market, such as loan book quality and liquidity, regarding the performance of its finance company subsidiary Lombard Finance and Investments Limited (LFIL). Read more.
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    Enforcement
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