{"id":92464,"date":"2020-10-19T14:04:49","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T11:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/latvian-regulators-warn-public-about-cryptocurrency-fraud\/"},"modified":"2020-10-19T14:04:49","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T11:04:49","slug":"latvian-regulators-warn-public-about-cryptocurrency-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/latvian-regulators-warn-public-about-cryptocurrency-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"# Latvian regulators warn public about cryptocurrency fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong># Latvian regulators warn public about cryptocurrency fraud <\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5ldS1jZW50cmFsLTEuYW1hem9uYXdzLmNvbS9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjAtMTAvZDAwMzc3ODktYjhmYi00NDM2LWE1ODUtYjNjMzA2ZGUzMjU1LmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-v-5a136f3a=\"\">Latvia&#8217;s\u00a0Financial and Capital Market Commission has identified suspect transactions and attempted fraud in the domestic cryptocurrency space.<\/p>\n<p>In an official\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fktk.lv\/klientu-aizsardziba\/fktk-bridina-iegulditajus-par-iespejamu-krapsanu-darijumos-ar-kriptovalutam\/\">warning<\/a> published on Oct. 19, the FCMC urged investors to &#8220;be particularly vigilant, as cryptocurrencies operate in an infrastructure that is currently characterized by lower regulation than in the financial and capital markets.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Within Latvia, the issuance and circulation of cryptocurrencies is mostly unregulated, with exceptions for certain types of investment services and contracts involving crypto that require a license from the FCMC.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The regulator has shared several details of the &#8220;signs of fraud&#8221; it has identified within the domestic cryptocurrency market. Online crypto adverts circulated by scammers may use &#8220;names and images of well-known individuals or licensed companies,&#8221; the FCMC notes. \u00a0These ads often direct investors to slick websites, where they are asked to provide their phone number. Many of the attempts to persuade investors to &#8220;invest&#8221; in fraudulent schemes h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en over a phone call, the regulator says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Scammers may also imitate licensed market participants, appropriating legitimate firms&#8217; registration numbers or contact details to mislead investors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fictitious companies may offer you investments in bonds, stocks, forex products and cryptocurrencies that are either not traded on exchanges, are worthless, exaggerated, or even non-existent,&#8221; the FCMC writes. In particular, the regulator emphasized that, in the absence of regulatory supervision, investors are not protected in the case of malpractice.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than be lured by seemingly convenient online investment opportunities, the FCMC suggests:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For non-financial services professionals who want to invest, we recommend that you go to a bank or investment brokerage firm that has been licensed or licensed. 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In an official\u00a0warning published on Oct. 19, the FCMC urged investors to &#8220;be particularly vigilant, as cryptocurrencies operate in an infrastructure that is currently characterized by lower regulation than&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2020-10\/d0037789-b8fb-4436-a585-b3c306de3255.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[74858,74932,74863,75992,70934,71101],"class_list":["post-92464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-bitcoin-regulation","tag-crimes","tag-cryptocurrencies","tag-latvia","tag-regulation","tag-scams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}