Flavio Goncalves
Associated companies: EmpiresX
75Scam score
$0.3MDocumented losses
256Reported victims
Profile
Flavio Goncalves is a Brazilian co-founder of EmpiresX, a trading platform that became the subject of SEC enforcement action. His company was hit with a significant judgment of over $300,000 in connection with securities violations involving Joshua Nicholas.
Timeline
- 2023Co-founded EmpiresX trading platform
- 2024SEC case resulted in $300,026 judgment against EmpiresX
Frequently Asked Questions
- Who is Flavio Goncalves?
- Flavio Goncalves is a Brazilian co-founder of EmpiresX, a trading platform that became the subject of SEC enforcement action. His company was hit with a significant judgment of over $300,000 in connection with securities violations involving Joshua Nicholas.
- What is Flavio Goncalves's fraud risk rating?
- Flavio Goncalves has a scam score of 75/100 (critical risk) based on open-source intelligence, regulatory records, and investigative reporting aggregated by ScamTelegraph.
- What companies is Flavio Goncalves associated with?
- Flavio Goncalves is associated with the following companies or entities: EmpiresX.
- How many investigations mention Flavio Goncalves?
- ScamTelegraph has published 21 investigative articles mentioning Flavio Goncalves, including: $300,026 judgment in Joshua Nicholas’ EmpiresX SEC case; TCC’s Douver Braga detained pending trial; CFTC secures $129 mill judgment against EmpiresX scammers.
Coverage on ScamTelegraph
- $300,026 judgment in Joshua Nicholas’ EmpiresX SEC case
- TCC’s Douver Braga detained pending trial
- CFTC secures $129 mill judgment against EmpiresX scammers
- EmpiresX settles Ponzi fraud with CFTC for $64.3 million
- Emerson Pires & Flavio Goncalves cop $45.8M SEC judgment
- SEC & EmpiresX reach $34.8 million approved settlement
- EmpiresX fraud settlement submitted to SEC Commissioners
- EmpiresX’s Nicholas confirms SEC NovaTech FX investigation
- SEC granted permission to serve Pires & Goncalves via email
- Joshua D. Nicholas to pay $3.3 million in EmpiresX restitution
- Default judgment against EmpiresX scammers in civil case
- Joshua D. Nicholas sentenced to 51 months for EmpiresX fraud
- EmpiresX SEC & CFTC cases stayed pending Hague service
- Joshua David Nicholas pleads guilty to EmpiresX fraud
- Joshua David Nicholas settles with EmpiresX class-action
- CFTC initiates Hague service on EmpiresX scammers in Brazil
- The EmpiresX criminal indictments
- EmpiresX sued for $41.6 mill in commodities fraud by CFTC
- EmpiresX securities fraud warning from Spain
- EmpiresX Ponzi shuts down, selling investor data?
- EmpiresX Ponzi collapses, no withdrawals since mid October