Erscheinung:06.06.2025 | Topic Unauthorised business, Consumer protection lwex.com: BaFin investigates website operators
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) warns consumers about the services offered on the website lwex.com. According to information available to BaFin, the website operator is offering cryptoasset services without the required authorisation. The operators are not supervised by BaFin.
Banking business, financial services and cryptoasset services may only be offered in Germany with authorisation from BaFin. However, some companies offer these services without the required 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 10 (7) of the German Cryptomarkets Supervision Act (Kryptomärkteaufsichtsgesetz).
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.
