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A statement from Maltese regulators requires site OriginalCrypto to stop serving the Italian and Maltese markets.
Malta has warned citizens about an unlicensed cryptocurrency exchange serving its domestic market. Regulators ordered the platform to stop operating in a notice Dec. 5.
The offending platform, OriginalCrypto, had first come to the attention of Italian officials concerned it may not have the required license to offer authorized âinvestment services and activities.â
The platformâs owner, SolutionsCM Ltd., has now come under scrutiny from both countries, with Maltaâs Financial Services Authority (MFSA) sharing the warning from Italy:
âThe Commissione Nazionale per le SocietĂ e la Borsa (CONSOB) has ordered the following companies to cease infringement of art. 18 of the Italian Legislative Decree No. 58/1998, consisting of the provision of unauthorised investment services and activities to the Italian public performed by SolutionsCM Ltd. via the www.originalcrypto.com website.â
As Cointelegraph frequently reports, Malta has sought to become one of the worldâs most permissive jurisdictions regarding both cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology.
As part of its bid to transform into a so-called âBlockchain Island,â various regulatory overhauls have accompanied MFSA-endorsed deals with industry businesses, including major exchanges such as Binance and Huobi.
OriginalCrypto remains far from those legitimate activities, however, sources warning about the likely âscamâ scheme earlier this year.
âPortraying their platform as a cryptocurrency financial brokerage, OriginalCrypto.com has engineered a clever marketing approach to promote their illicit investment services to consumers across the world,â monitoring site ScamBitcoin wrote in February.
According to the siteâs investigations, OriginalCrypto had made dubious claims about its setup, including being operated by a Bulgarian-based parent company âBali Limited Ltd.â
âWe could find no evidence to support that Bali Limited Ltd was an actual corporation,â the site warned:
âFurthermore, the alleged corporate address provided for Bali Limited Ltd does not appear to be a factual physical address and computes to a variance of their disclosed address.â
Last week, the U.S. state of Ohioâs decision to accept cryptocurrency for tax payments drew the ire of the mainstream press after it emerged officials involved were unaware of the scams that had affected previous such efforts elsewhere.
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