The following is a list of unlicensed overseas companies and suspected scam
websites which have come to the attention of Offshore Investors Protection Association (OIPA).
Most of these unlicensed companies either represent themselves as having
operations by using the address of a mail forwarding facility or settle
their transactions through a banking institute. They may operate from
overseas and contact potential investors in Europe and Asia while not
having been licensed. While some of them may be boiler room operations,
others may merely have failed to comply with licensing requirements.
Investors should exercise extreme caution when dealing with companies
that are not licensed in any jurisdiction.
Suspected scam websites may either be scamsters using their websites
to offer too-good-to-be-true investment opportunities (e.g. offering pre-IPO
stocks of fabricated companies at huge discounts) which do not actually
exist, or fraudulent copycat websites which imitate the websites of reputable
financial institutions to lure investors to part with their money and/or
disclose personal information which the fraudsters may use to swindle
investors.
Recently,
it has come to the OIPA's attention that boiler room activities and scam
websites have become more active. If you wish to find out more about boiler
room operations and scam websites, please contact us.
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252/94 Muang Thai-Phatra Tower 11, 17/F, Rachadaphisek Road, Huaykwang Bangkok 10320, Thailand
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(Also uses a bank account in Hong Kong in the name of A G Securities Limited.)
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(Represents it operates from New York, USA. It also appears to target Hong Kong investors.)
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Suite 1702, Hung Kei Building 5-8 Queen Victoria Street Central, Hong Kong
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(Represents it has offices and mail addresses in United Kingdom and United States. The company also appears to target Hong Kong investors.)
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(The office and mail address at Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong are no longer in use.)
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Burlington center 35 Corporate Drive, 4th Floor Burlington 01803 USA
5/F, West Block Wisma Selangor Dredging Jalan Ampang 50450 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Level 36 Menara Maxis Kuala Lumpur City center Kuala Lumpur 50088
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(The company also appears to target Hong Kong investors.)
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60 Market Square PO Box 364 Belize City, Belize Central America
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(Names used: Frank White, Brian Lehman, Brian Hopson)
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(Represents to have consolidated with Asian Investment Foundation Ltd and purchased Primrose Trading Company Limited and has taken over its facilities. The company also appears to target Hong Kong investors.)
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Gives an address of: 319, 28th October Street, 3105 Lemeos, Cyprus
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(The websites of Ametron Consultants Ltd are www.amterontrader.com and
www.ametron.net. The company also appears to target Hong Kong investors.)
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Postbus 59366 1040 KJ Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS
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Associated individual: Ted Davies
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Herndon, VA.
222 Yanan Road Fast Shangai, China 200002
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David Drake, David Murray
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HSBC 31 St. Peters Court, Chalfont St. Peter, Bucks, SLO 9QQ, UK Swift Code: MILGB22 Beneficiaries Account Details: SoccerDirect Europe Account 51351907
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Asia United Capital & Partners, Co Ltd
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Asia United Capital & Partners, Co Ltd Sukhumvit Soi 6, Klong Toey Bangkok, Thailand 10110
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(The company also appears to target Hong Kong investors.)
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Room 9D, Ming Tak Commercial Building 101 Wanchai Road Hong Kong
3/F, Jonsim Place 228 Queens Road EastWanchai, Hong Kong
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(The company appears to target Hong Kong investors.)
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Level 25, Bank of China Tower 1 Garden Road, Central Hong Kong
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Names used: Jason Scott Adams, Debbie Wang, Steve Bishop, Anthony Moss, Alan Golding, David Jackson, Steve Blackmen, Jerry Seinfield, George Tse, Jung Peter Moreau
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(Also uses a bank account in Hong Kong in the same name.)
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(Represents to have consolidated with Ameri-Tech Industries Ltd. and purchased Primrose Trading Company Limited and has taken over its facilities. The company also appears to target Hong Kong investors.)
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Suite 103 566 St Kilda Road Melbourne Victoria 3004 AUSTRALIA
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Associated individual: Adrian Aston aka Jewkes
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(The company appears to target Hong Kong investors.)
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30/F 30 Queens Road Central Hong Kong
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100 wall street 46th floor New York 1005 3700 USA
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38th Floor, Office Tower, Convention Plaza 1 Harbour Road, Wanchai Hong Kong
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(Name used: Mr James Kelly)
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(Represents it has a head office in Zurich and branches in Hong Kong and Canada. Please refer to the press release dated 31 December 2003 issued by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority for details.)
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(The office and mail address at Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong are no longer in use.)
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1040 Avenue of the Americas 24th Floor New York NY 10018 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Tel: 001-212-401-2982 Tel: 001-212-730-7663
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Banks: May Bank, Located Manila Phillipines Export and Industry Bank Located Manila, Phillipines
Account Names: Dragon Colleting Agency Inc. account 002-101-90960-6
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6/F, West Block Wisma Selangor Dredging Jalan Ampang 50450 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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(In this group, Bellador Advisory Services [Labuan] Ltd has been granted a licence by the Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority to carry on a business relating to fund management or mutual fund. However, the company is not licensed to offer those s
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Level 23, CP Tower 313 Silom Road Bangkok 10500 THAILAND
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Associated individuals: Steve Wilson and Keith Nochman
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(The office and mail address at Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong are no longer in use but we believe that the company still has offices or mail addresses in Thailand, Japan, Dubai, Panama, France and Switzerland as well. The company also appears to target
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18 Avenue Louis-Casai Geneva 28 1211 SWITZERLAND
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1410 Herrera Tower Herrera Street Salcedo Village Makati Manila PHILIPPINES
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Associated individual: Chris Carter
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39/F One Pacific Place The Admiralty Hong Kong
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(Represents it has offices or mail addresses in Singapore, Shanghai and Thailand as well.)
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Berkshire
Asset Management
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17 Union Street
Hudson, NY 12534
USA
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(Represents it has offices in the United States.)
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(Represents it operates from Chicago, USA.)
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Room 1, Floor 1, Straits Trading Building 2 Lebuh Pasar Besar Kuala Lumpur 50050 Malaysia
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(It also appears to target Hong Kong investors.)
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10 Anson Road 18-18 International Plaza SINGAPORE 079903
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Associated individual: Henry Thornton
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Bion, McConnan & Associates LLB
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141 757 West Hastings St Suite 800 Vancouver B.C. CANADA
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Regd Office Suite 101 700 Convention Drive Las Vegas, Nevada
Ukrainian Office 12, Shevchenko Avenue Odessa Ukraine 65058
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Edificio Topacio Azul Numero 217 Nivel 2 2A Avenida 13, Calle 2-60
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(Names used: James Wilkinson, Rupert Spencer, Mark Davis and Jon Michelle)
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BOC Mutual Fund Management Co., Ltd
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Gives an address only in Chinese in Shenzhen, PRC.
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(BOC Mutual Fund Management Co., Limited has a Chinese website with the URL address of www.bocfund.com, as well as e-mail addresses of bocfund@126.com and bocfund@hotmail.com. BOCI group has confirmed that BOC Mutual Fund Management Co. Ltd is
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Paragon Towers 233 Needham Suite 300 Newton MA 02464
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www.bostonglobalfinance.com
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28/F, Bank of China Tower 200 Yin Cheng Road Central Pudong, Shanghai 200120 People\
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Jozsef nador ter 5-6, 2/F 1051 Budapast Hungary
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(Name used: Sam Marshall, Kevin Braithwaite and Alan Peters)
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The company also gives an address in Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong. The address belongs to a business center which has now terminated its extension of facilities to the company. The company also appears to target Hong Kong investors.)
The Securities
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Unit 1512, 15th Floor Q-House Asoke Building 66 Sukhumvit 21 Road Klongtoey Nua Wattana Bangkok 10110 THAILAND
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4545 5th Avenue New York 75665
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Wisma Danamon Aetna Life 19th Floor, Jalan Jondral Sudirtnan Kauling 45-46Jakarta 12930 INDONESIA
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Buckingham Holdings International (Limited) Personalized Portfolio Management, Asset Managment and Financial Planning
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1407 E. Sunnyside Dr. Phoenix, AZ 85020 U.S.A.
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www.buckinghamholdings.com
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info@buckinghamholdings.com
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Names used: Harper Buckingham, Erik Nystrom, Caryn Bonet, Warner Finney, Carmine Ellery-Anders, Sean Settecase
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C & C Global Co., Limited
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17th Floor UBC II Building Soi Sukhumvit 33 Bangkok THAILAND
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Cabrini Green & Ross, Inc
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Suite 1902, 139 Valero Street Makati City 1200 Philippines
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(The company also appears to target Hong Kong investors
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(The company gives an address in Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong. The address belongs to a business center which has now terminated its extension of facilities to the company.)
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26/F Citic Tower 1 Tim Mei Avenue Hong Kong
1131 CC Wu Building 302-8 Hennessy Road Wanchai Hong Kong
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Names used: Christopher Nash, Parker Darren, Goff Jason
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The website of Capital Futures Limited is www.capitalserviceshk.com. It also uses a bank account in the name of Advance Management Services (Asia) Ltd.
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Apartado de Correos 1057 29600, Malaga SPAIN
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17 f/b, 167, TUN HUA N. RD, TAIFEI, TAIWAN
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www.celestfalcongroup.com
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celestfalcon@celestfalcongroup.com
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Room 602, New Bright Building 11 Sheung Yuet Road Hong Kong
7300 College Blvd, Suite 650 Overland Park, Kansas 66210, United States (Administrative Office)
500 North Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60611 United States
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14/F Abdulrahim Place 990 Rama IV Road Bangkok 10500 Thailand
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(The company also gives an address in Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong. The address belongs to a business center which has now terminated its extension of facilities to the company. The company also appears to target Hong Kong investors.)
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The Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand (Thai SEC) and the Royal Thai Police have recently conducted raids of the company at its three Thai addresses:
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The Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand (Thai SEC) and the Royal Thai Police have recently conducted raids of the company at its three Thai addresses:
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1270 Avenue of
the Americas, Suite 1910
New York, NY 10020
Phone 1-212-461-1079 Fax
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Daliana Court 5 Chytron Street 2nd Floor, Office 21 1075 Nicosia CYPRUS
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Associated persons: Bernard Owens, George Scott
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(Represent its operates from Japan)
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Level 19 Hong Leong Building 16 Raffles Quay SINGAPORE
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17/F, UBC II Building Soi Sukhumvit 33 Bangkok, 10110 Thailand
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(Also uses a bank account in Hong Kong in the name of Future I Trade Management Co Ltd.)
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Unit 1001-2, 10th Floor, New Victory House Central Hong Kong
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Unit 1609, 16/F Vanit I Building, 1126/1 New Petchburi Road Bangkok, 10400 Thailand
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London, England
Geneva 18, Avenue Louis Casai 1209 Geneva Switzerland
West Indies Murray´s Road P.O. Box 1693 Kingstown St. Vincent - The Grenadines
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Tel.: 1-888-877-8853 Tel.: +41 22 747 7802
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www.crowncapitalpartners.com
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inquires@crowncapitalpartners.com
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782 NW 42nd Avenue Miami, FL 33135
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email: info@davisgoldberg.com
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Bank: Washington Services Account no: 52-0-000162-1 Standard Charted Bank 246 R. Upper Thomson Road Singapore 574370
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Two Penn center Plaza Philadelphia, PA 19102-1706 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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15th Floor Cerulean Tower 26-1 Sakuragaoka-cho Shibuya-ku Tokyo 150-8512 Japan
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Unit# 35142 Citic Square 1168 Nanjing Road (West) Shanghai 200041 China
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36/F Menara Maxis Kuala Lumpur City center Kuala Lumpur 50088 Malaysia
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800-615 West Broadway Ave Vancouver, B C Canada V5Z 4C2
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(The company also appears to target Hong Kong investors.)
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17th Floor, One Pacific Place 140 Sukhumvit Road Bangkok THAILAND
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Associated individual: Douglas King
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Suite 1202 Forever Tower 941 Jiaozhou Road Shanghai 200060 China
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4/F East Tower Otemachi First Square, 1-5-1 Otematchi, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0004 Japan
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Level 11, Parkwest Bldg 6-12-1 Nishi-Shinjuku Tokyo 160-0023 Japan
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Level 36, Menara Citibank 165 Jalan Ampang 50450 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
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The company was warned by The Banking and Finance Commission, Belgium, The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, Luxembourg and Malta Financial Services Authority for its unauthorised act to make unsolicited or cold calls inviting persons to in
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The company is also on the List of known unlicensed overseas cold callers of The Financial Services Agency, Japan.
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14/F Kamiya-cho Mori Building 4-3-20 Toranomon, Minato-ku TOKYO 105-0001, JAPAN Amnuaydech Suite 048 22 Central Chidlom Tower Polenchit Road, Lumpini Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330 THAILAND
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29/F One Canada Square Canary Wharf, London UNITED KINGDOM, E14 5DY
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Associated individual: Steven Dixon
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Unit 1009 PSBank Tower Senator Gil J Puyat Avenue Makati City 1220 PHILIPPINES Constitution Drive
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Associated individuals: Michael Martin, Ben Smit
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31/F Jin Mao Tower Pudong, Shanghai 200120 China
Otemachi First Square East Tower 4/F, 1-5-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0004, Japan
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(The company also appears to target Hong Kong investors.)
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Suite 1601-16 Kinwick center 32 Hollywood Road Central, Hong Kong
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(Represents it has office or mail address in Spain as well.)
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Hills Plaza 1 345 Spear Street, Suite 138 San Francisco California
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Associated persons: Steve Thomas, Michael Sands
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545, 5th Avenue New York City New York 10018 U.S.A.
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(Names used: Harris York, James Morgan)
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(Also uses a bank account in Hong Kong in the name of Key Profit International Ltd.)
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(Administration office at Rooms 2002A and 2009, Tower 1, Lippo center, 89 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong. The company also gives an address in Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong which belongs to a business center.
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The business center has now terminated its extension of facilities to the company. The company appears to target Hong Kong investors.)
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Stanborrough Park Wartford Hearths WD24 92 London United Kingdom
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604 Gran Via Corts Catalanas 08007 Barcelona, Spain
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(The company also appears to target Hong Kong investors.)
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Gallery 4 12 Leadenhall Street London EC3V 1LP UNITED KINGDOM
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Room 2903, Tower 1 Admiralty center Hong Kong
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P O Box 847 1 Capital Place Georgetown Grand Cayman Cayman Islands B W I
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Client Service center
14th Floor IBM Tower
Pacific Century Place
2A Workers Road North
Beijing, 100027
China
Ph: 86 10 6539 1024
Fax: 86 10 6539 1060
ISM Tower, 14th Floor
2A Workers Road North
Beijing China 100027
Ph: (8610) 6539 1024
Fax: (8610) 1014/1050
Institutional Market Division
245 Park Avenue
24th and 39th Floors
Manhattan, New York
USA 10167
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First Independent Capital Resources, Inc
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Shiroyuma JT Movi Building 8-1 Toranoman 4 Chome Minato-Ku, Tokyo 105 JAPAN
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4, V.S. Prospero Milano ITALY
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654 Madison Avenue New York NY 10021 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Phone & fax 01 681 888 877 8891
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Associated individual: James C. King
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Empire State Building
350 6th Avenue Suite 3304
New York
NY 10118
46th Floor
140 Broadway
New York
NY 10005
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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46th Floor, 140 Broadway New York, NY 10005 USA
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web: www.firstnationalfinancial.net
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Became - Baxter Financial Group Inc.
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Room 302, Hung Kei Mansion 5-8 Queen Victoria Street Central, Hong Kong
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27 Suhkumvit Soi 20 Bangkok 10110 Thailand
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14/F 253 Sukhumvit Soi 21 Bangkok, 10110 Thailand
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(Also uses a bank account in Hong Kong in the name of Future I Trade Management Co Ltd.)
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2111 Wing On House 71 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong
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(Represents it has offices or mail addresses in China, Japan, Singapore and Thailand as well.)
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200 Public Square Suite 2955 Cleveland Ohio UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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The above list is not exhaustive. New names will be added
as they come to the OIPA's attention.
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