Research shows suspect financial companies on an official ‘warning list’ are continuing to advertise their services to British consumers. One firm is using pictures of Manchester United stars and ex Met Police boss on its website.
A strapline reads: ‘Trade FCA belong to support Manchester United FC.’
Another unauthorised operation is using a picture of former Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Paul Condon on its website. Coin Value Bank claims the image is of its financial manager named ‘Michael’. Giving a headquarters address in the Caribbean island of Grand Cayman, Heartford claims on its website that it is ‘regulated by the FCA UK’.
Any company carrying out a regulated financial activity in the UK must be authorised or registered by the watchdog. In a further trawl back, some financial websites were found to be still operating despite being added to the register as far back as 17 years ago.and based in London’s Covent Garden, displays a message indicating that, with the help of Nominet, ‘this domain has been suspended on request from the Financial Conduct Authority’.However Nominet, the national domain registration authority, is primarily aimed at protecting UK domains and web-users.
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