The US Securities and Exchange Commission has warned the public about a number of unregulated soliciting entities and fake regulators.

The SEC maintains a so-called PAUSE list with unregistered entities that have been the subject of investors complaints. It is highly recommendable to avoid all dealings with these entities.

Soliciting unregistered entities

• 247 Options Trade
• Binary Market Arbitration Refund
• Cadwell Capital Partners
• Crawford Stanley Advisors
• Kingsley Capital Partners
• Law Experts of New York
• Levine & Levine Law Specialist
• Maxwell Financial Service
• Mendelson & Associates
• Miller & Cohen
• Morgan Consultancy Group
• New York Law Specialist
• Thomas, Lloyd, Cohen & Anderson LLP
• Total International CPA
• Transfer Securities
• United Tax Consulting

Fake / Bogus regulators

• Department of Financial Regulators
• Financial Protection Intelligence Unit
• Global Financial Protection Commission
• International Financial & Regulatory Commission
• New York Regulatory Division
• Overseas Financial Authority
• U.S. Board of Merger & Acquistion
• United States Bureau of Securities Registration
• US Registration Authority