Avv. Giambrone speaks to the Jewish Chronicle about binary fraud

Thousands to sue Israeli ‘scam’ investment companies through London law firm

Gabriele Giambrone, managing partner at Giambrone Law, told Times of Israel that at least 120 binary options and forex companies, which claim to facilitate investment in the currency markets, will be named as defendants in an upcoming lawsuit at the High Court of Justice in London.

It has been alleged that while the companies claim to offer clients investment options, what they are actually offering is gambling.

Twenty of those companies have direct links to Israel and many more are suspected of such links.Gabriele Giambrone wrote a letter to Israel’s Justice Ministry in which he commented “The Israeli regulatory and enforcement authorities have so far failed to take any action, despite the widespread knowledge of where these companies are based, which offices they are operating from and who are the individuals behind it. It appears that none of the regulators is interested, so investor protection falls down the chasm between the net.”

Gabriele Giambrone told Times of Israel that his clients, who were allegedly defrauded by Israeli binary options firms, include many residents of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

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