Australia court: Clients at USGFX reps EuropeFX and TradeFred lost $83M
Onboarding at EuropeFX and TradeFred actively sought to attract customers who were inexperienced or vulnerable.
Onboarding at EuropeFX and TradeFred actively sought to attract customers who were inexperienced or vulnerable.
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has dashed the hopes for compensation of the victims of Union Standard International Group Pty Ltd (USG).
AFCA will now review complaints against insolvent financial firms and other complaints that have been on pause.
USGFX Australia went bankrupt in July 2020, with the company’s administrators BRI Ferrier still sorting things out.
The group’s offshore website has been changed from usgfx.global to usgforex.com, as the company looks to drop the “USGFX” brand.
USGFX’s shareholder accused BRI Ferrier of instructing the First Bank in Puerto Rico to freeze USGFX Global’s accounts there.
USGFX Global accuses BRI of abusing its power, by instructing First Bank in Puerto Rico to freeze USGFX Global’s accounts.
USGFX shareholder Soe Hein Minn is actively attempting to prevent the liquidator from dealing with the company’s affairs.
MetaQuotes have indicated that they are not prepared to arrange for the transfer of USGFX’s MT4 and MT5 licenses.
The license is a “Category 1” license, enabling USGFX-South Africa to engage in transactions in derivative instruments as an intermediary.