Investors Alerts and Cautions Review (April-November)

Part of the Nova Scotia Securities Commission’s mandate is to protect Nova Scotia investors. One of the ways we do that is by issuing investor alerts and cautions. You can find all the alerts and cautions we’ve issued on our website.

This post will review all alerts and cautions the Commission has posted from April to November, 2022 as well as highlight a few alerts and warning issued by the CSA during that time.

October 6, 2022
ETradeMarkets.net
https://etrademarkets.net/

Claims to be located in:
London, UK

Other known alerts/cautions:
IIROC

September 16, 2022
Cryptoportfolio/Crytoportfolio.pro/Cryptoportfolio.live

www.cryptoportfolio.pro|www.cryptoportfolio.live

Claims to be located in :
England, UK

September 6, 2022
Lencher Expro LLC
https://tradevision-group.net/ | https://smart-trade-group.com/

Associated with:
Trade Vision Group, Samrt Trade Group

Claims to be located at:
First Floor, First St Vincent Bank LTD Building, James Street
Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines

Other known alerts/cautions:
Authorite des Marchs Financiers (Search ExPro LLC)
New Brunswick Financial and Consumer Services Commission

Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan
Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan
British Columbia Securities Commission

September 6, 2022
Smart Trade Group/Smart Trade
https://smart-trade-group.com/|https://tradevision-group.net/ 

Associated with:
Trade Vision Group, Lecnher Expro LLC

Claims to be located at:
8 Kew Court
Pynes Hill, Exeter, UK
EX2 5AZ

and

265 Aldercrest Road
Etobicoke, Ontario
M8W 4J9

Other known alerts/cautions:
Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan
British Columbia Securities Commission
New Brunswick Financial Consumer Services Commission
Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan

Autorite des Marches Financiers - (Search ExPro LLC)

 

September 6, 2022
Trade Vision Group

https://tradevision-group.net/|https://smart-trade-group.com/ 

Associated with:
Smart Trade Group, Lencher Expro LLC

Claims to be located in:
First Floor, First St Vincent Bank LTD Building, James Street
Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines

Other known alerts: 
New Brunswick Financial and Consumer Services Commission
Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan
Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan
British Columbia Securities Commission
Autorité des marchés financiers - (Search “ExPro LLC”) 

September 2, 2022
Jet Capitals/JetCapitals/Jets Capital

https://jetscapital.com|https://jetcapitals.com|https://jets.capital/ 

Claims to be located in:
London, UK, 

Other locations:
United Arab Emirates

Other known alerts: OSC Caution

September 1, 2022
Maxi Capital Ltd.

www.maxicapital.group

Claims to be located in:
Trust Company Complex
Ajeltake Road, Ajeltake Island, Majuro
Republic of the Marshall Islands, MH96960

Other locations:
Moscow, London, Czech Republic, Europe

Other known alerts: IIROC Investor Alert 

Canadian securities regulators issue warning about suspicious e-mails (August 26, 2022)

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) monitored its systems for unusual activities after several market participants received e-mails that purport to come from CSA members’ staff.


CSA 2021-2022 Enforcement Report highlights Canadian securities regulators’ actions to pursue wrongdoing and hold securities law violators accountable (June 29, 2022)

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today released its fiscal year 2021- 2022 Enforcement Report which outlines the specific actions that CSA members undertook in the past year to detect, disrupt and deter wrongdoing and hold securities law violators accountable.

Highlights from the fiscal year 2021-2022 Enforcement Report include:

• 236 Investor Alerts warned the public about potential harmful or illegal activity;
• 61 interim cease-trade and asset-freeze orders issued;
• 59 matters commenced involving 139 respondents;
• 14 crypto-related matters where the CSA took action in pursuit of clarifying and enhancing regulation; • 44 individuals and 13 companies banned from participating in the capital markets; and,
• 7 individuals received a combined total of 15.4 years of jail terms for criminal and quasicriminal cases.

Canadian Securities Administrators encourages older Canadians to learn about and watch for signs of financial abuse (June 15, 2022)

As part of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) on June 15, 2022, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) launched a public awareness campaign focused on helping older adults identify and protect themselves against financial abuse and scams.