36 Banc De Binarys UK Companies House report says that they are based in Cyprus.On 6 June 2013, Banc De Binary was charged by both the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission for alleged violations of US financial regulations. In the same press release the CFTC warned more generally of fraudulent schemes involving binary options and their trading platforms. 3 On 30 July 2013 the SEC obtained a preliminary injunction from U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada to prevent and freeze any further trading with US customers. 32 Binary trading in the US is legal, but only if done through properly registered and regulated exchanges such as NADEX. 37 38 39 Both the CFTC and SEC working in conjunction with one another filed civil suits against the company, seeking disgorgement, financial penalties and other preliminary and permanent injunctions against the company. 40 41 In civil suits filed in Nevada, the SEC and CFTC allege that the company was offering off-exchange traded options to US customers and unlawfully solicited US customers to buy and sell options. The CFTC and SECs suit also alleges that it did not limit its offerings to eligible contract participants, contrary to US regulations 3 40 a fully regulated broker would complete credit checks on customers to ensure that those with low finances did not trade with them. Amongst the allegations made by the SEC is that Banc De Binary induced people with limited funds, including one unemployed person with less than 1000, 42 to open accounts. In response to the US charges the company put out a statement that made no mention of its legal problems, but instead incorrectly implied that they were in negotiations and that they had voluntarily left the US market, when in fact the SEC had taken an injunction out to stop them. 30 43... Banc De Binary is voluntarily discontinuing its operations in the United States. The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission have asserted that Banc De Binary is not permitted to offer its binary option products to U.S. residents without registering with those agencies. We are currently in discussions with the CFTC and SEC about these issues, but in the interim, we have discontinued all business with U.S. residents.As of October 2013, the company was rated F by the United States Better Business Bureau because 31 complaints had been made against it, including 9 which were unanswered. The BBB report also offered the opinion that the site essentially allows investors to gamble on the future price of something at a point in time. 45After receiving at least one complaint from a Qubec investor who traded through Banc De Binarys platform and was unable to recover his investment, the Autorit des marchs financiers (AMF) warned investors about the company. 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