StormInvest website www.storminvest.org - Nextgentrading website https://nextgentrading.io and pages https://client.nextgentrading.io and https://webtrader.nextgentrading.io - Finexleaders website www.finexleaders.eu - AI2Trade Ltd website www.ai2trade.com and pages https://trading.ai2trade.com and https://panel.ai2trade.com - Axia Group Ltd - Axiacvs website www.axiacvs.co and pages https://client.axiacvs.co and https://webtraderapp.net

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:

- StormInvest (website www.storminvest.org);

- Nextgentrading (website https://nextgentrading.io and its pages https://client.nextgentrading.io and https://webtrader.nextgentrading.io);

- Finexleaders (website www.finexleaders.eu);

- AI2Trade Ltd (website www.ai2trade.com and its pages https://trading.ai2trade.com and https://panel.ai2trade.com);

- Axia Group Ltd and Axiacvs (website www.axiacvs.co and its pages https://client.axiacvs.co and https://webtraderapp.net).

The number of sites blacked out since July 2019, when Consob was given the power to order the black-out of websites of fraudulent financial intermediaries, has thus risen to 1013.

The measures adopted by Consob can be consulted on its 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.

Please note, there is a section on the homepage of the www.consob.it website, entitled "Watch for Scams!", which provides useful information warning investors about fraudulent financial schemes.

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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:

- StormInvest via the website www.storminvest.org (resolution no. 22989 of 31 January 2024).

- Nextgentrading via the website https://nextgentrading.io and its pages https://client.nextgentrading.io and https://webtrader.nextgentrading.io (resolution no. 22987 of 31 January 2024);

- Finexleaders via the website www.finexleaders.eu (resolution no. 22990 of 31 January 2024);

- AI2Trade Ltd via the website www.ai2trade.com and its related pages https://trading.ai2trade.com and https://panel.ai2trade.com (resolution no. 22986 of 31 January 2024);

- Axia Group Ltd and Axiacvs via the website www.axiacvs.co and its related pageshttps://client.axiacvs.co and https://webtraderapp.net (resolution no. 22988 of 31 January 2024).

5 February 2024