On 16 November, a release from CFATF was concerned with the Financial and Corporate Service Providers (FCSP) Bill 2020 which defines certain financial schemes as illegal. The Deputy PM explained that “these may take the form of pyramid schemes, Ponzi schemes and advance-fee schemes, among others, and many of them have plagued unsuspecting Bahamians for generations. Further, these schemes are fundamentally detrimental to investors and the public. The Bill criminalises the promotion or marketing of these financial schemes and empowers the Securities Commission to dissolve them where circumstances so warrant. It also empowers the Commission to investigate and enforce against persons engaged in financial schemes”.
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