Renee
5年前
EZTD Inc.: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING File No. 3-17673
ORDER APPOINTING
FUND ADMINISTRATOR
AND SETTING BOND
AMOUNT
https://www.sec.gov/litigation/admin/2020/34-88454.pdf
On November 10, 2016, the Commission issued an Order Instituting Administrative and Cease-and-Desist Proceedings, Pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 15(b) and 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Making Findings, and Imposing Remedial Sanctions and a Cease-and-Desist Order (“Order”) against EZTD Inc. (the “Respondent”). In the Order, the Commission found that between June 2001 and August 2014, the Respondent made offers and sales of binary options to U.S. customers through two online trading platforms, eztrader.com and globaloption.com. These binary options constituted securities under the federal securities laws. The Respondent, however, failed to register any of its offers and sales of binary options with the Commission and it failed to register with the Commission as a broker-dealer. The Commission ordered the Respondent to pay $1,773,549.00 in disgorgement, prejudgment interest, and a civil money penalty to the Commission. The Commission also created a Fair Fund, pursuant to Section 308(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, so the penalty, along with the disgorgement and interest, can be distributed to harmed investors (the “Fair Fund”). The Fair Fund includes the $738,980.00 paid by the Respondent.
Any additional funds received from the Respondent pursuant to the Order will be added to the Fair Fund.
The Division of Enforcement now seeks the appointment of KCC, LLC (“KCC”) as the fund administrator and requests that the administrator’s bond be set at $738,980.00. KCC is included in the Commission’s approved pool of administrators.
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that KCC is appointed as the fund
administrator, pursuant to Rule 1105(a) of the Commission’s Rules of Fair Fund and Disgorgement Plans (“Commission’s Rules”),2 and shall obtain a bond in accordance with Rule 1105(c) of the Commission’s Rules3
in the amount of $738,980.00.
For the Commission, by the Division of Enforcement, pursuant to delegated authority.
Vanessa A. Countryman
Secretary
makinezmoney
6年前
$EZTD: Screenshot of EZInvest Forex-Trading-DESK
Education
EZinvest’s educational offering consists of some interesting features. The site itself offers a free “eCourse” to train traders in several crucial elements of trading: trade psychology, research and planning, market analysis, and solutions and planning. The content consists of webinars and video tutorials as well as more traditional static formats. The site also offers a page of trading basics, which frankly is very limited. However, there is another page consisting of video tutorials on a very wide range of topics, which compensates for that.
It is also worth noting that the broker’s website provides free daily market analysis and an economic calendar. Account holders also receive extra private material consisting of news and signals.
Bonuses and Promotions
Until December 2016, EZinvest offered several bonuses and promotions. However, these were banned by CySec, the Cypriot regulator, and so the brokerage was forced to cancel these offerings as long as it is regulated by CySec.
Deposits/Withdrawals
Depositing funds into a EZinvest account seems to be a fairly secure process. Funding can be done using a range of credit cards, as well as CashU, Moneybookers, Neteller, Skrill, Webmoney, and wire transfer. Withdrawals can be made through exactly the same methods.
We are not aware of any specific limitations relating to amounts, frequencies and required base currencies of deposits and withdrawals. Account openers are advised to check the small print in the broker’s terms of service conditions for details.
Customer Support
Customer support is based in Cyprus, but there are dedicated lines for several countries offering support in local languages, these being Germany, Italy, France, Cyprus and the U.K. Traders can contact an EZinvest representative by telephone during business hours and can use email anytime of the day. Chat is also available as a communication channel. As mentioned previously, just because EZinvest lists ways to contact them doesn’t mean that they will reply, which is an immediate cause of concern for us, and should be a red flag for anyone thinking of investing their own capital with the company.
Conclusion
EZinvest seems to have a wide and well-rounded offering for traders looking to trade CFDs on commodities and indices and individual leading stocks, as well as Forex currency pairs. They are a regulated firm which means that trader funds will likely be protected, but it may be risky to deposit funds with a broker that has a poor track record for responsiveness.