2024-07-19
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The Securities Commission of The Bahamas identifies 14 entities, including AorthoInc Markets Limited and Bitmex.US Markets Limited, as unregistered and unlicensed to conduct securities or digital asset trading activities within The Bahamas. These entities are prohibited from operating in the jurisdiction and are liable for criminal prosecution and regulatory sanctions for falsely claiming authorization. The public is advised to exercise extreme caution and verify the regulatory status of any service provider against the Commission’s official licensee list before engaging in business.
SECURITIES COMMISSION OF THE BAHAMAS PUBLIC NOTICE No. 7 of 2024 19 July 2024 RE: ENTITIES NOT REGULATED BY THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF THE BAHAMAS This NOTICE is issued by the Securities Commission of The Bahamas (the Commission) pursuant to its authority under the Securities Industry Act, 2011, the Investment Funds Act, 2019, the Financial and Corporate Service Providers Act, 2020 and the Digital Assets and Registered Exchanges Act, 2020 (the Acts). It has come to the attention of the Commission that the entities listed below may be conducting activities (or purporting to conduct activities), in or from within The Bahamas, that are either registrable/licensable or illegal under one or more of the Acts. The Commission hereby advises the public that none of these entities or their agents/representatives are registered with/licensed by the Commission. Additionally, none of the listed entities have applied to be registered/licensed by the Commission. Therefore, any registrable/licensable activity conducted, in or from within The Bahamas, by these entities and their agents/representatives is in violation of one or more of the Acts. UNREGISTERED/UNLICENSED ENTITIES COMPANY NAME WEBSITE 1 AORTHOINC MARKETS LIMITED https://www.aorthoincex.com/#/home 2 BITMEX.US MARKETS LIMITED https://bitmpro.com/#/home 3 CMOTD MARKETS LIMITED https://zkjnl.com/#/home 4 DIAG CO MARKETS LIMITED https://diagexig.com/#/home https://penkn.com/#/home 5 FIRSTRADES MARKETS LIMITED https://bmvsgex.com/#/home 6 HIBT MARKETS LIMITED https://www.hibtco.com/#/home 7 ICE MARKETS LIMITED https://tejksiao.com/#/home https://www.vjoeoemk.com/#/home 8 KAIHER MARKETS LIMITED https://ayorex.com/ 9 PTASTAR MARKETS LIMITED https://dnauebf.com/#/home https://www.cerionit.com/#/home
2 10 ROBINHOODREAL MARKETS LIMITED https://pehjosf.com/#/home https://www.robinhoodrally.com/#/home 11 SCEXS MARKETS LIMITED https://toscex.com/#/home https://www.pehges.com/#/home 12 TRUTHTAG MARKETS LIMITED https://cisjie.com/#/home https://truthtales.com/#/home 13 UNICFDS MARKETS LIMITED https://www.extproig.com/#/home 14 USDETF MARKETS LIMITED https://www.dappusdetf.com/#/home https://www.usdetf.com BACKGROUND On each respective website, the above-listed entities offer securities trading/brokerage services and/or digital asset business services. Each website also makes the false statement that the entity is authorized and/or regulated by the Securities Commission of The Bahamas. By this false claim, each entity, its agents and representatives commit an offence and are liable for criminal prosecution and/or regulatory sanctions under one or more of the Acts. WARNING Individuals currently (or desirous of) conducting business with these entities or their agents/representatives, should be aware that they are doing so with entities and/or their agents who are not authorized or regulated by the Commission. Members of the public should exercise extreme caution when considering conducting securities and/or digital asset trading activities with the aforementioned entities or their agents/representatives. Listings of the Commission’s registrants and licensees that are authorized to engage in activities regulated by any of the Acts, in or from within The Bahamas, are located on the Commission’s website at https://www.scb.gov.bs/registrant-licensee-search/ Before engaging in business with any entity who claims or purports to be authorized and/or regulated by the Commission, you are advised to consult, in the first instance, the publicly available listing. If the entity in question is not listed there, please contact the Supervision Department to confirm whether it is registered or licensed with the Commission at sud@scb.gov.bs or by telephone at 397-4100. Complaints and/or any information pertaining to the aforementioned entities should be sent to: Enforcement Department Securities Commission of The Bahamas E-mail: info@scb.gov.bs or enfdept@scb.gov.bs