The Committee of Companies and Exchange of Italy (CONSOB) has ordered the interpretation of access to eight unauthorized websites offering investment in cryptographic ingredients.
The entities targeted by the latest orders are:
- “Yui236” (website
- “DRST78” (website
- “GDY733” (website
- “Xur652” (website
- “YZA335” (website
- “BHP536” (website
- “MJU567” (website
- “TNT788” (website
At the issuance of the orders, the regulator used the powers granted to him in accordance with the MICAR Regulations (EU (EU) 2023/1114 and Legislative Decree No 129 of 5 September 2024).
The exclusion of the aforementioned sites by Internet service providers operating in Italy is on its way. For technical reasons, real blockage can take several days for the application.
Consob attracts investors’ attention to the importance of practicing maximum custody of making fully up -to -date investment decisions, adopting practices of common sense necessary to preserve their savings. These include the previous verification, for sites that offer financial services and cryptographic components, that the operator through which it invests is authorized and, for financial products and cryptographic systems, has been published in the newsletter or the White Bible.
To this end, Consob reminds investors that the homepage of the website www.consob.it includes a “beware of scams!” Department, which provides useful information on the warning of investors against abusive financial initiatives.