A group of fake crypto exchange websites has been blocked in Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has announced that it has discovered six suspicious websites posing as licensed platforms for trading virtual assets.
At the request of the regulator, portals mimicking the major cryptocurrency exchanges in Hong Kong were blocked. Three posed as Hash Blockchain, and three more masqueraded as the OSL Digital Securities cryptocurrency service.
The reason for the operational measures was the appeals of private crypto investors, who said that exorbitantly high commission fees were demanded from them when performing digital asset withdrawal operations. SFC appealed to law enforcement agencies for support in blocking websites and investigating their activities.
In order to avoid financial losses and theft of crypto assets, the SFC encourages investors to follow the Public Registry of Licensed Persons and Registered Institutions of the SFC, as well as the List of licensed platforms for trading virtual assets, which contains links to official websites.
In February, the SFC blacklisted eight fake domain names that mimic the address of the MEXC cryptocurrency platform. The leadership of the Ministry of Finance of this special administrative region of the People's Republic of China, presenting the city's budget for the year, announced plans to introduce a special legislative regime for issuers of stablecoins.
Source: https://bits.media/v-gonkonge-zablokirovali-gruppu-falshivykh-saytov-kriptobirzh/
