Investor Alert for ORCA and BIOK

The Nova Scotia Securities Commission (NSSC) is alerting investors that ORCA Alliance (Orcaalliance.eu) and BIOK Ltd. (biok.co.uk) are not registered to sell securities in Nova Scotia.The companies and their representatives have solicited Nova Scotia residents by placing sponsored ads on http://www.kijiji.ca for initial coin offerings (ICO). “We are asking people to be particularly cautious when they see ads like this promoting an ICO or investment in cryptocurrency,” says Heidi Schedler, senior enforcement counsel with the commission. “These investment opportunities are not backed by a bank and the investments are not insured or protected by a firm or a broker.” The investor alert is part of an international crackdown on fraudulent ICOs and cryptocurrency-related investment products. The sweep is being co-ordinated by the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), of which NSSC is a member. The commission has joined with more than 40 other state and provincial securities regulators in the United States and Canada in Operation Cryptosweep, resulting in nearly 70 investigations and 25 completed or pending enforcement actions since the beginning May.The commission urges people to exercise extreme caution when dealing with firms that are not registered in Nova Scotia. It is illegal to solicit investments in the province without registering with the commission and complying with Nova Scotia securities laws. To see if a company or person is registered, visit the Canadian Securities Administrators' National Registration Search at http://www.aretheyregistered.ca .If you have been contacted by a representative from ORCA Alliance or BIOK Ltd., or have seen online ads for either company please contact the commission. Nova Scotians can always contact the commission to report any scams or what is believed to be suspicious behavior from anyone offering investment opportunities.The Nova Scotia Securities Commission is the provincial government agency responsible for regulating the investment industry in the province.Source: Release

The Nova Scotia Securities Commission (NSSC) is alerting investors that ORCA Alliance (Orcaalliance.eu) and BIOK Ltd. (biok.co.uk) are not registered to sell securities in Nova Scotia.

The companies and their representatives have solicited Nova Scotia residents by placing sponsored ads on http://www.kijiji.ca for initial coin offerings (ICO).

“We are asking people to be particularly cautious when they see ads like this promoting an ICO or investment in cryptocurrency,” says Heidi Schedler, senior enforcement counsel with the commission. “These investment opportunities are not backed by a bank and the investments are not insured or protected by a firm or a broker.”

The investor alert is part of an international crackdown on fraudulent ICOs and cryptocurrency-related investment products. The sweep is being co-ordinated by the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), of which NSSC is a member. The commission has joined with more than 40 other state and provincial securities regulators in the United States and Canada in Operation Cryptosweep, resulting in nearly 70 investigations and 25 completed or pending enforcement actions since the beginning May.

The commission urges people to exercise extreme caution when dealing with firms that are not registered in Nova Scotia. It is illegal to solicit investments in the province without registering with the commission and complying with Nova Scotia securities laws. To see if a company or person is registered, visit the Canadian Securities Administrators’ National Registration Search at http://www.aretheyregistered.ca .

If you have been contacted by a representative from ORCA Alliance or BIOK Ltd., or have seen online ads for either company please contact the commission. Nova Scotians can always contact the commission to report any scams or what is believed to be suspicious behavior from anyone offering investment opportunities.

The Nova Scotia Securities Commission is the provincial government agency responsible for regulating the investment industry in the province.

Source: Release

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