A listing on this page is a conclusion, not an accusation. Every entry either appears on a tier-one regulator's public warning list (FCA, CFTC RED List, OSC, ASIC, BaFin), or has been corroborated by at least two independent sources documenting withdrawal obstruction, forged performance data, or clone-firm behaviour. Marketing polish, paid testimonials, and heavy Google-ad spend are explicitly excluded from the decision — those signals are trivial to purchase and every credible scam already has them.
The Blacklisted status is reserved for cases where the evidence is public, linkable, and difficult to reverse. Operators who appear here can respond formally through the right-of-reply process documented in the editorial standards — but a right-of-reply statement alone does not change the status. Only new verifiable evidence does.