Advisory Warning No. 5 of 2016 - XMAXBIT (19 December 2016)

Advisory Warning No. 5 of 2016

19 December 2016
 

ADVISORY WARNING

XMAXBIT

Tortola, British Virgin Islands – 19 December 2016 – The British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (“FSC”) has been made aware that an entity calling itself XMAXBIT presents itself as being registered and incorporated in the British Virgin Islands whilst circulating a false certificate of incorporation through a website located at http://xmaxbit.com.

The Commission can confirm that XMAXBIT has never been registered or incorporated as a business company in the British Virgin Islands.

Members of the public are therefore advised to exercise extreme caution if solicited at any time by or conducting any business with XMAXBIT.

The public is invited to provide the FSC with any relevant information on this matter, and any other questionable entities that are purportedly operating in or from within the British Virgin Islands.

The FSC is issuing this Advisory Warning under Section 4(1)(l) of the Financial Services Commission Act, 2001.