Flack Consulting Llc (https://arkcoin.live, page https://webtrader.aktrade.cc) - Shlack Consulting Llc (https://tradegenics.co) - Florishing Group Llc (https://bstrade.world, page https://webtrader.bstrade.top) - Broker Capitals Ltd (https://brokercapcfd24.com, page https://platform2.brokercapcfd24.com) - VirtuFinance (www.virtufinance.come, page https://webtrader.virtufinance.com) 

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

The commission availed itself of the new powers resulting from the "Decreto Crescita" ("Growth Decree"; Law no. 58 of 28 June 2019, Article 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 authorisation.

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

- Flack Consulting Llc (website https://arkcoin.live and its page https://webtrader.aktrade.cc);

- Shlack Consulting Llc (website https://tradegenics.co);

- Florishing Group Llc (website https://bstrade.world and its page https://webtrader.bstrade.top);

- Broker Capitals Ltd (website https://brokercapcfd24.com and its page https://platform2.brokercapcfd24.com);

- VirtuFinance (www.virtufinance.come and its page https://webtrader.virtufinance.com).

The number of sites blacked out since July 2019, when Consob got the power to order the black-out of websites of fraudulent financial intermediaries, has thus risen to 850.

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 behaviours, essential to safeguard one's savings: these include, for websites that offer financial services, checking in advance that the operator with whom you are investing is authorised, and, for offers of financial products, that a prospectus has been published.

To this end, Consob would remind you that there is a section on the homepage of its website www.consob.it entitled "Watch for scams!", providing useful information to warn investors against financially abusive 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:

Order, pursuant to art. 7-octies,letter b) of Italian Legislative Decree no. 58 of 24 February 1998 (Consolidated Law on Finance) to cease infringement of art. 18 of Consolidated Law on Finance, put in place by:

- Flack Consulting Llc via the website https://arkcoin.live and its page https://webtrader.aktrade.cc (resolution no. 22620 of 8 March 2023);

- Shlack Consulting Llc via the website https://tradegenics.co (resolution no. 22622 of 8 March 2023);

- Florishing Group Llc via the website https://bstrade.world and its page https://webtrader.bstrade.top (resolution no. 22619 of 8 March 2023);

- Broker Capitals Ltd via the website https://brokercapcfd24.com and its page https://platform2.brokercapcfd24.com (resolution no. 22618 of 8 March 2023);

- VirtuFinance via the website www.virtufinance.come and its page https://webtrader.virtufinance.com (resolution no. 22621 of 8 March 2023).

(Published in "Consob Informa" no. 8/2023 - 13 March 2023)