Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa
Catalogue reference · Recorded date: 2020-04-17. Confirm the exact legal entity and current status with the authority.
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- fraudulent initiatives that take advantage of the coronavirus pandemic
- Authority jurisdiction
- Italy
- Authority reference
- 46
- Categories
- 7
- Category details
- Other
- Additional catalogue information
- Consob points out that the dramatic news about virus outbreaks can be an opportunity for malicious people to spread false or misleading information to take unfair advantage of pandemic fears and try to manipulate financial markets and investors. In particular, savers are warned against out-and-out attempts at fraud, mainly through the Internet, offering fictitious products that are somehow apparently linked to the coronavirus (Covid-19). These scams take many forms and could involve, among other things, the offer - through promotional material and fake news - of nonexistent stocks or bonds of phantom companies that are supposedly taking initiatives to contain or cure the coronavirus, or the offer of various high-yield investment opportunities, including investments in presumed virtual currencies linked to the spread of viral contagion (such as "Coronacoin”).
- Validation date
- 2020-04-17
- Modification date
- 2020-04-17