SECURITIES COMMISSION OF THE BAHAMAS PUBLIC NOTICE No. 4 of 2022 22 March 2022 RE: EVOLVE INVEST LIMITED NOT REGULATED BY THE SECURITIES COMMISSION
This NOTICE is issued by the Securities Commission of The Bahamas (“the Commission”) pursuant to its authority under the Securities Industry Act, 2011, the Investment Funds Act, 2019, the Financial and Corporate Service Providers Act, 2020 and the Digital Assets and Registered Exchanges Act, 2020 (“the Acts”).
It has come to the attention of the Commission that EVOLVE INVEST LIMITED (“EVOLVE”) may be carrying on activities, in or from The Bahamas, that are either registrable/licensable or illegal under one or more of the Acts.
The Commission hereby advises the public that EVOLVE, its agents/representatives are not registered with/licensed by the Commission. Additionally, EVOLVE has not to date made the prerequisite applications to be registered/licensed by the Commission. Therefore, any registrable/licensable activity conducted, in or from The Bahamas, by this entity and its agents/representatives is in violation of one or more of the Acts.
If this entity or its agents/representatives claims to be legally authorized or licenced to engage in any aspect of the securities industry in or from The Bahamas, they have committed an offence and are liable for criminal prosecution and/or regulatory sanctions under the relevant laws of The Bahamas.
B ACKGROUND
Via its websites, h ttps://indexevolve.com/, EVOLVE offers securities trading and brokerage services. At the bottom of each webpage, is the false statement that EVOLVE is “regulated by The Securities Commission of The Bahamas”. As prior indicated, EVOLVE is not registered or licensed by the Commission.
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