Our research shows that Postbank Germany (a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank) was definitely “the bank to go” for scammers in 2016 – 2020 to open bank accounts for shell companies. We collected the data of more than 90 shell companies with bank accounts with different Postbank branches all over Germany.
As we have seen so often in the past years, the European authorities have been mainly concerned with protecting the interests of the business users in drafting the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and have forgotten about the so much-needed consumer protection. It is about time to enhance consumer protection in
The 1st Criminal Division in Bamberg, Germany, has submitted a request for a ruling to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for the next steps in the Gal BARAK case on June 4, 2021. The pending ruling of the ECJ will not only be important in the criminal case of
Uwe Lenhoff, a German, was arrested on 25th of January 2019 in Tyrol, Austria and faced multiple charges related to fraud. He was identified as the beneficial owner of the investment scams websites option888, xmarkets, Tradovest and zoomtrader/zoomtraderGlobal and Tradeinvest90. His criminal proceedings were subsequently transferred to Germany. Unfortunately, he
At the end of January 2019, Gal Barak, the owner of several investment scam websites including xtraderfx, optionstars/optionstarsglobal, safemarkets, and Golden Markets, was arrested by law enforcement agencies in Austria and Germany. Barak, an Israeli citizen, was apprehended in Bulgaria at the request of Austrian authorities due to his involvement
EFRI is the abbreviation for European Funds Recovery Initiative. The legal entity behind this Initiative is a not-for-profit organisation (EFRI-Association) registered in Vienna, Austria. Here you can read the statutes of the not-for-profit organization. Read More
