TBMarket website https://tbmarket.co - Ahfultra website https://ahfultra.co and page https://app.ahfultra.co - Forexelite Limited - Elite Trading Academy Limited website https://forexelite.trade and page https://my.forexelite.trade - Top Markets Ltd and Imperialcap-24 Limited website https://imperialcap-24.com and page https://wt.imperialcap-24.com - PepperstoneTrade website www.pepperstoneltd.co and page https://client.pepperstoneltd.co

Consob has ordered the black-out of 5 new websites that offer financial services illegally.

The Authority availed itself of the powers deriving from the "Decreto crescita" ("Growth Decree"; Law no. 58 of 28 June 2019, Article no. 36, paragraph 2-terdecies), on the basis of which Consob can order Internet service providers to block access from Italy to websites offering financial services without the proper authorization.

Below are the websites Consob has ordered to be blacked out:

- "Bcs-gm" (website https://bcs-gm.com and related page https://my.bcs-gm.com);

- "Sigma Capital" (website https://sigmacap.co);

- "Capitalpartners24" (website https://capitalpartners24.eu);

- "SEGUROFX" (website https://segurofx.com and related page https://my.segurofx.com);

- "Mestieriplaza" (website www.mestieriplaza.com).

The number of websites blacked out since July 2019, when Consob got the power to order that the websites of fraudulent financial intermediaries be blacked out, has thus risen to 1084.

The measures adopted by Consob can be consulted on the website www.consob.it.

The black-out of these websites by Internet service providers operating on Italian territory is ongoing. For technical reasons, it can take several days for the black-out to come into effect.

Consob draws investors' attention to the importance of adopting the greatest diligence in order to make informed investment choices, adopting common sense behaviors, essential to safeguard their savings: these include, for websites that offer financial services, checking in advance that the operator with whom they are investing is authorized, and, for offers of financial products, that a prospectus has been published.

To this end, Consob would remind you that on the website www.consob.it there is a section on the homepage, "Watch for Scams!", providing useful information to warn investors against financially unauthorized initiatives.

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Consob has ordered the same subjects to cease the violation of Article 18 of Legislative Decree no. 58 of 24 February 1998, pursuant to article 7-octies, letter b) of the same legislative decree:

- TBMarket website https://tbmarket.co (resolution no. 23137 of 30 may 2024);

- Ahfultra website https://ahfultra.co and page https://app.ahfultra.co (resolution no. 23135 of 30 may 2024);

- Forexelite Limited - Elite Trading Academy Limited website https://forexelite.trade and page https://my.forexelite.trade (resolution no. 23139 of 30 may 2024);

- Top Markets Ltd e Imperialcap-24 Limited website  https://imperialcap-24.com and page https://wt.imperialcap-24.com (resolution no. 23138 of 30 may 2024);

- PepperstoneTrade website www.pepperstoneltd.co and page https://client.pepperstoneltd.co (resolution no. 23136 of 30 may 2024).

31 May 2024