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April 24, 2021 7 financial intermediation sites that operated without authorizations were seized preventively by the postal police of Rome.
The investigation began with some reports submitted by Consob to the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office: among the services offered there is also the possibility of opening a trading account on financial instruments to be managed online. The phenomenon of fake online trading had a notable upsurge during the pandemic.
During 2020, 358 cases with over 20 million euros in damage were treated, although unfortunately the transnational nature of this phenomenon makes investigations more complex