EFRI Case Note · Court of Justice of the European Union (First Chamber), judgment of 15 October 2026, Case C-70/25, Tukowiecka (N.O. v PKO BP S.A.), ECLI:EU:C:2026:852 · Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy w Koszalinie (District Court, Koszalin, Poland) · Published 15 October 2026 On 15
Banks Benefit from Digitalisation. Consumers Should Not Be Left to Insure Its Risks. EFRI Briefing | Response to Simon Landuyt’s advisory opinion of 11 August 2026 to the Committee on Economy, Consumer Protection and Digitalisation of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives on bills DOC 56 1592/001, amendment DOC 56 1592/002
StablR: EFRI Takes EURR and USDR Redemption Freeze to EBA and ESMA Redemption of the e-money tokens EURR and USDR has been suspended since 25 May 2026. More than four months later, holders still have no timetable and no published procedure, and the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has made
From Two Facebook Ads to 852: CERT Polska Maps a Toll-Fraud Network on Meta On 23 September 2026, CERT Polska, Poland’s national Computer Security Incident Response Team operated by the research institute NASK, published the results of a technical investigation into a toll-fraud campaign targeting Polish Android users which, although
Warning: Fake “EFRI Restitution Department” Emails Claim Seized Crypto Assets and Request ID Documents Fraudsters are again impersonating EFRI. German-language emails are circulating from [email protected], signed “Elfriede Sixt, Principal – Restitution & Case Management”. They are fake. The domain does not belong to EFRI, and EFRI has no “Restitution Department”.
Banking Circle, Kraken and the False Comfort of a Name Match In a recent Austrian victim case, three transfers totalling €60,749 went to Banking Circle IBANs displayed inside Kraken as fiat funding details. The payer saw his own name as beneficiary and received a positive Verification of Payee result. The
Money Moves in Seconds. Europe’s Fraud Framework Is Too Slow to Obtain Financial Evidence — And Too Weak on What Must Follow The EU is improving bank-account discovery, fraud monitoring and information sharing. Three EFRI case files show the two gaps that remain: authorities still lack a sufficiently fast and
Poland Wants Meta Fined €250 Million Over Scam Ads. But What About the Victims? In June we argued on this site that EU fines will not repay scam victims, and that a redress fund is needed. Poland’s demand of 27 August gives that argument a live test case, and this
StablR confirms more than 20 million unbacked token units remain in circulation StablR has for the first time quantified the unauthorised EURR and USDR tokens still in circulation. According to the issuer, 6.41 million EURR and 14.33 million USDR of unauthorised tokens remain in circulation without corresponding reserve assets. The
Austria Builds a Stronger Payment-Blocking Regime — but Repeats Germany’s Blind Spot Government Bill 594 d.B., XXVIII. GP (amendments to the Glücksspielgesetz and the Telekommunikationsgesetz 2021); introduced in the Nationalrat on 5 August 2026. The new § 56e GSpG enters into force at the end of 31 December 2026. EFRI
