Advisory Warning No. 8 of 2017 - Home Broker (25 April 2017)

ADVISORY WARNING

HOME BROKER

Tortola, British Virgin Islands – 25 April 2017 – The British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (the “FSC”) has been made aware that an entity calling itself HOME BROKER has been offering investments in binary options through its website located at http://www.hbroker.ru/ whilst purporting to be licensed and regulated in the British Virgin Islands.

The FSC can confirm that HOME BROKER has never been registered or incorporated as a company in the British Virgin Islands or licensed by the FSC to carry on financial services business in or from within the Territory.

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

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.