Erscheinung:25.04.2025 | Topic Unauthorised business, Consumer protection Versu: BaFin warns about website versu.pro
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the services offered on the website versu.pro, former versu.co. According to information available to BaFin, this website is being used to offer consumers bank business, financial, investment and cryptoasset services without the required authorisation. The operator uses falsified documents from the American supervisor authority SEC.
Anyone conducting bank business and providing financial, investment or cryptoasset services in Germany may do so only with authorisation from BaFin. However, some companies offer these services without the necessary authorisation. Information on whether a particular company has been granted authorisation by BaFin can be found in BaFin’s database of companies.
BaFin is issuing this information on the basis of section 37 (4) of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz – KWG) and section 10 (7) of the German Cryptomarkets Supervision Act (Kryptomärkteaufsichtsgesetz – KMAG).
Please be aware:
BaFin, the German Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt – BKA) and the German state criminal police offices (Landeskriminalämter) recommend that consumers seeking to invest money online should exercise the utmost caution and do the necessary research beforehand in order to identify fraud attempts at an early stage.
