Italian CONSOB Blocks Aquilafx and MFS Securities Among Others

The Italian financial watchdog CONSOB yesterday announced the addition of another 5 websites offering financial services without the proper authorization to its blacklist, bringing the total number of websites blacked out to 871.

The 5 new websites blacklisted by CONSOB are as follows:

• "Aquilafx" (website https://aquilafx.com and related page https://client.aquilafx.com);

• Pine Consulting LTD e BestProducts Ltd (website https://ltd-fx.com and related page https://panel.ltd-fx.com);

• "MTinvesting" (website www.mtinvesting.io);

• "MFS Securities Corporation" (website www.mfssecurities.com and related pages https://client.mfssecurities.com and https://trade.mfssecurities.com);

• ​"EuroCryptoFX" (website https://eurocryptofx.net and related page https://account.tradingplattform26.com).

The regulator explained that it can take several days for the black-out of these websites due to technical reasons.

Previously, CONSOB has ordered the black-out of 5 new websites​ that offer financial services illegally.