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Following an aggressive FinTelegram investigation and an Open Letter to its European banking partners, the offshore crypto giant MEXC has scrubbed its website of unauthorized FinTelegram articles. Was it the fear of financial regulators, or the profound irony of a scam-rated exchange automatically republishing our exposés about its own fraudulent activities? Anyway, the systemic regulatory violations continue.

Last Friday, FinTelegram sent a formal Urgent Notification to the compliance department and board of Paytend Europe UAB, a Lithuanian Electronic Money Institution (EMI). We alerted them to their role in facilitating the illegal operations of the crypto exchange MEXC scheme and demanded an explanation for why their payment rai

As legal walls close in on the unregulated crypto giant MEXC, a damning OSINT investigation and a new $160,000 victim complaint reveal a calculated "exit-scam" strategy. By dissolving corporate anchors in Asia and hiding behind a fragile Estonian license, MEXC is systematically liquidating user accounts while laundering its reputation through European payment processors.

MEXC is certainly one of the most notorious crypto exchanges when it comes to compliance violations. FinTelegram has already pointed this out several times. But the number of negative customer reviews is also increasing. FinTelegram has repeatedly flagged the crypto-exchange MEXC for opaque structures and unlicensed operations.

FinTelegram has consistently flagged the crypto exchange MEXC, placing it on the Red Compliance List due to multiple regulatory warnings and poor customer feedback. We revealed that MEXC processes its FIAT transactions for cryptocurrency purchases via MEXC Estonia OÜ, which holds a crypto license in Estonia. This Estonian entity, in turn, uses Paytend Europe UAB, d/b/a s Paytend, a Lithuanian-regulated e-money institution, to handle FIAT payments through bank transfers.

FinTelegram has already issued several warnings against the crypto exchange MEXC, which is apparently operated by Asians, and has shown how this "Binance-style" crypto exchange operates globally without regulatory permission with millions of customers. Recently, the Spanish CNMV also issued a warning after the German BaFin, the Austrian FMA, the UK FCA and other regulators had already issued warnings. FinTelegram has placed MEXC on the Red Compliance List.

Recent months have witnessed a concerted effort by U.S. authorities, including the Department of Justice, the FinCEN, and regulatory bodies such as the SEC and the CFTC, to clamp down on crypto exchanges flouting financial laws and regulatory norms. However, the landscape in Europe presents a contrasting scenario where exchanges like MEXC continue their operations amidst allegations of illegal activities and regulatory infractions. Recently, the Hong Kong SFC warned against MEXC.

FinTelegram has already issued several warnings against the crypto exchange MEXC. The points we criticized have still not been resolved. The website does not provide any information on the operators or regulations. These are essential details whose absence automatically results in a red flag. We found the Lithuanian EMI Paytend to be the payment processor for bank transfers. On Trustpilot, MEXC secured a 1.9-star rating with a poor trust level. Here is our update.

The L7 a/k/a L7 DEX scheme describes itself as a decentralized asset management protocol based on Web3. The website is very secretive and doesn't reveal much more, which is not good for a financial scheme, to say the least. This scheme also operates its own crypto token, L7 (symbol: LSD), which currently has a market capitalization of around $5 million. L7 is a multi-level marketing (MLM) scheme and recently launched its own L7 crypto debit card.