Page last updated: 09 September 2024

Warnings and alerts

This list of warnings and alerts on this page contains the names of businesses or individuals you should be wary of if you are planning to invest. The list is not exhaustive and there is no guarantee that the business or individual listed has not changed their name.

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OneLife Network Limited and OneCoin Limited

We recommend extreme caution before investing with OneLife or OneCoin as we are concerned they bear the characteristics of a scam, including withholding client funds and promising unrealistic returns.

Bitcoin Trader

We are concerned that Bitcoin Trader could be operating a scan. We received a complaint from a New Zealand resident about a misleading advertisement that they saw on social networking platform, Facebook.

McCulloh & Townsend

We are concerned that McCulloh & Townsend may be associated with a scam. We received a report from a New Zealand resident indicating that McCulloh & Townsend is associated with a fake regulator and a suspected scam that the FMA has previously issued a warning about.

International Securities Regulatory Authority

We are concerned that the International Securities Regulatory Authority is claiming to be a securities regulator and endorsing products and services from suspected scams. Read more.

strategicfinancelimited.com

FMA warns that strategicfinancelimited.com could be involved in a scam and it is not associated with the Strategic Finance Limited registered in New Zealand (NZBN: 9429037630928).

GG Binary.com

FMA recommends exercising caution before dealing with the website www.ggbinary.com. Read more.

Smart Financial Markets

Smart Financial Markets are not registered to provide financial services in New Zealand and we have therefore formed the view that this entity bears the hallmarks of a scam.

BAT Financial Management

A warning was issued in relation to BAT Financial Management and the website www.BATFinancialmanagement.com and associated persons Dan Johnson and William Davies. Read more.

Securities Regulatory Authority

FMA recommends exercising caution before dealing with the Securities Regulatory Authority as it is not a legitimate financial services regulator, and is endorsing products and services from suspected scams.

www.redsolarcapital.com

FMA warns that the website www.redsolarcapital.com is not associated with or operated by Red Solar Capital Limited, which is registered and licensed in Hong Kong.

International Escrow Services

FMA recommends investors exercise caution before dealing with International Escrow Services as it is not a legitimate online escrow services company.

Persons purporting to represent Holland Capital Management

FMA recommends exercising caution before dealing with Holland Capital Management and the website www.hollandcapmgmt.com and associated persons Rob Banks and Thomas Salton.

Persons operating the websites www.cncmeta.com and www.2cmeta.com

A recent warning has been issued against persons operating the websites www.cncmeta.com and www.2cmeta.com

Former RFA Warned for Facilitating Offending under the Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

We have warned a (former) registered financial adviser, Jonathan Simon Antony Branton-Casey, in relation to his professional conduct which fell short of the FMA’s expectations of a registered financial adviser under the Financial Advisers Act 2008 (FA Act) and/or under the Crimes Act 1961.

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