The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued a warning against eight websites of firms offering investment services illegally.

The website mentioned in the warning are:

• world-trade-center.io
• financista.com
• swiftpuprime.com
• ocdfinances.net
• ocdfinances.org
• inverbid.net
• inverbid.com
• inverbid.co

The regulator notes that the above-mentioned websites do not belong to an entity which has been granted an authorization for the provision of investment services and/or the performance of investment activities, as provided for in Article 5 of Law 87 (I)/2017.

CySEC urges investors to consult its website (www.cysec.gov.cy), before conducting business with investment firms, in order to ascertain the entities which are licensed to provide investment services and/or investment activities.

Earlier in April, the Cypriot regulator issued a warning regarding Berkshire Hathaway TX, a crypto firm that operates without the necessary regulatory permission.

In March, CySEC blacklisted six websites of unauthorized investment firms.