METROPLUS TRADING Scam Warning: FINMA Alert, Basel Address

METROPLUS TRADING, which claims to have an office in Basel, is presented as a platform offering online trading services through metroplustradings.com. The Swiss financial authority FINMA added the platform on 27 October 2026 to its list of providers that may be operating without authorisation.

📞 How Are Investors Guided on Trading Platforms of This Kind?

In schemes of this kind, the number left on an advert form is passed to an "account manager"; after a small first deposit, quick profit is shown on the dashboard through leveraged forex and commodity trades. Behind it there is usually a call centre operation made up of representatives who keep callingTR; a withdrawal request is then tied to collateral, tax or an account upgrade fee.

🔍 Findings About metroplustradings.com

The platform is not authorised in Türkiye by the Capital Markets Board (SPK) (list of authorised intermediary institutions of the SPK). The SPK treated unauthorised intermediation in leveraged trading as unauthorised activity in its Board Decision No. 8/297 of 24 February 2017.

🔗 Other Platforms Using the Same Method

We have covered before the platforms that work with a Swiss address and an account manager scheme.

🧭 The Legal Process for Victims

1. The routes for getting money back from an overseas forex firm are assessed.
2. The investigation is followed up to the indictment stageTR.
3. Where necessary, the claim is secured with a precautionary attachment (freezing order)TR.

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