8 jurisdictions have acted
Regulator warnings in detail
Seven financial regulators have publicly warned about Aurum Foundation, and Poland has referred it for criminal prosecution. Each entry below links to the regulator’s own primary source.
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Russia
Pyramid warning 18 Jul 2025Central Bank of Russia (CBR)
Added to the warning list for showing "signs of a financial pyramid".
Primary source ↗ - 🇳🇬
Nigeria
Fraud warning 22 Jan 2026Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
"AURUM BOT" is not registered or licensed and exhibits the characteristics of a Ponzi scheme.
Primary source ↗ - 🇳🇿
New Zealand
Caution 14 May 2026Financial Markets Authority (FMA)
Public caution about Aurum Foundation; cites aurum.foundation and aurumfoundation.io.
Primary source ↗ - 🇬🇷
Greece
MiCA warning 15 May 2026Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC)
"AURUM FOUNDATION LTD" has no crypto-asset authorisation under EU MiCA Reg. 2023/1114 (Art. 62/65) and is therefore operating illegally.
Primary source ↗ - 🇵🇱
Poland
Criminal referral 11 Jun 2026KNF — Polish Financial Supervision Authority
Suspected criminal offence under Art. 171(2) of the Banking Act (unauthorised use of the word "bank"). Referred to the District Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw; concerns Aurum Neo-Bank Sp. z o.o. (Warsaw).
Primary source ↗ - 🇫🇷
France
Blacklist 12 Jun 2026Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF)
Added to the AMF blacklist of unauthorised crypto-asset offerings (aurum.foundation, aurum-foundation.com).
Primary source ↗ - 🇦🇺
Australia
Investor alert 22 Jun 2026ASIC — Moneysmart Investor Alert List
Listed on the Investor Alert List (aurum-foundation.com); holds no Australian Financial Services licence.
Primary source ↗ - 🇭🇰
Hong Kong
Alert list 22 Jun 2026Securities and Futures Commission (SFC)
Listed as a "suspicious virtual asset trading platform"; cites aurum.foundation and aurum.trading and names ECO AURUM INVESTMENT L.L.C. (Reg. 2593404).
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🇨🇭 Switzerland is among the largest traffic sources (~10%) but had not issued a FINMA warning as of 26 June 2026. It is a strong candidate for a report.
ℹ️ Do not confuse this with Germany’s BaFin warning about a different entity, "Aurum-Fix" (aurum-fix-corp.com).