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Warning over 'fake' offshore bank

Professional Adviser
25 November 2014

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Banking regulators in Jersey have warned consumers and investors not to deal with a bank claiming to operate in the Channel Islands.

Channel Offshore Bank advertises a St Helier address on its website and says it has been in business since 1989. The Jersey Financial Services Commission says the bank's claims are false and it is not...

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