In March, 2017, the Federal Bureau of Investigation did something unusual: it placed a public warning about binary-options fraud at the very top of its homepage – above “most wanted” alerts, above missing-persons cases, above terrorism warnings. The prominence signalled urgency. Between 2011 and 2016, binary-options complaints to the F.B.I. had increased fifty to a … Continue reading Binary Options Scams: Gambling Disguised as Financial Investment