Following two securities fraud warnings and an
interim stop order
, Validus filed an appeal against New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority.

The High Court dismissed Validus’ appeal, meaning the Ponzi scheme is now permanently banned in New Zealand.

The FMA began investigating Validus following a November 2022 webinar held in New Zealand. At some point this led to the FMA contacting Validus.

In an attempt to stave off further investigation, on March 3rd Validus wrote to the regulator to advise

the Validus Pool promoted at the Seminar had been removed and no longer exists.

Validus would go on to disable withdrawals but at the time, this was a lie.

Consequently, the FMA contacted Validus on March 24th to advise them of their intent to issue a Stop Order.

The FMA issued an Interim Stop Order on or around April 16th. Validus
collapsed
on April 20th.

Technically, if Validus sent their correspondence to the FMA 
after 
April 20th, they wouldn’t have been lying.

Further, (Validus’) letter said “Validus is not, and does not intend to be, a financial product and no person should ever enter into a commercial relationship with Validus intending or expecting to make returns of any sort, as no such returns are promised or guaranteed in any way”.

Now this is
very much a lie
, as noted by the FMA;

Dr Parwiz Daud, Chief Network Officer of Validus, attended and spoke at the Seminar, during which a key speaker, Souai Tito, advised attendees that:

“… once you purchase a [education] pack you get rewarded … so with the money that you purchased your education packs, we have a team of experts that trade your money in the forex market. And with that you get paid 2 to 3% weekly loyalty points over 60 weeks.”

“We trade in stocks, and gaming, crypto, NFTs, staking… after 60 weeks you get 350% [of your money] back”.

Ironically, Validus’ denial of the returns it marketed through its investment scheme were deemed further evidence of “false and misleading representations”.

Paul Gregory, Executive Director of Response and Enforcement, said:

“Seminar attendees were induced to purchase, purchased or intend to purchase, educational packages in reliance on false or misleading representations.

They will not receive the promoted 2-3% return on their money, or be able to withdraw that money. They are likely to suffer material financial harm.

Validus has made false or misleading representations to the public that had every appearance of an unregulated offer of financial products.”

In dismissing Validus’ appeal, the High Court found Validus sought to

exclude outright scams, baldly inviting participation in non-existent financial products, from the FMA’s enforcement function.

Following dismissal of Validus’ appeal, the FMA’s previously issued
Permanent Stop Order
is now in effect.

The Order prohibits Validus and Validus-FZCO and associated persons from taking steps that will result in repeat unlawful behaviour that may cause material financial harm, in parti

🤖 Quick Answer

What led to Validus being permanently banned in New Zealand?
Following securities fraud warnings and an interim stop order from the Financial Markets Authority, Validus appealed but the High Court dismissed it. The FMA initiated investigation after a November 2022 webinar, discovering the company operated a Ponzi scheme and misrepresented pool removal to regulators.

What actions did the FMA take against Validus?
The FMA issued two securities fraud warnings and an interim stop order after discovering Validus had disabled withdrawals while falsely claiming its investment pool no longer existed. The High Court upheld the regulator's decision, resulting in permanent market prohibition.

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