The suspects were all allegedly call center agents for two groups of websites: One consisted of XTraderFX, Cryptopoint, SafeMarkets, OptionStarsGlobal and GoldenMarkets, and the other of Trade Capital, Fibonetix, Nobel Trade and Forbslab. Together these websites allegedly defrauded thousands of investors from all over Europe out of over $100 million, German police said.
The first five websites are associated with Gal Barak, an Israeli who was arrested in Bulgaria in February 2019 and has since been extradited to Austria. These five websites also ran on the software platform Tradologic, whose founder, former Israeli intelligence officer Ilan Tzorya, is a major donor to the Ukrainian village of Anatevka where Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani is honorary mayor.
The nine suspects were seven men and two women between the ages of 25 and 49. German police said they were all “top brokers” who were especially skilled at allegedly stealing large sums of money.