On its website, the operator mostly refers to itself as “Tradestatisticsview” and claims to be domiciled in London, United Kingdom. The website contains no information regarding its legal form. The operator also uses the name “Bitcer” on its website without providing any information about its legal form. In this context, the operator refers to a registration certificate from the British Companies House, obtained by the company ELITEBITXCHANGE. The respective link on the website redirects consumers to a publication by the Companies House, stating that the company Bitcer Limited was dissolved in September 2021.
BaFin has also received information that employees of tradestatisticsview.com are contacting customers under the name “Marc Friedrich”. In doing so, they are illegally using the identity of Marc Friedrich, who has his own website on the internet, by copying portrait photos of him. BaFin stresses that Marc Friedrich does not have any business relationship with the operator of the website tradestatisticsview.com. This is a case of identity fraud committed by unknown perpetrators against Marc Friedrich.

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