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Miklos Bolza

'Exploited' investors lose fortune, $300m fines mulled

The financial services regulator is seeking more than $300 million in fines from three brokerages. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Brokerages found to have profited handsomely from vulnerable customers who lost millions of dollars on highly risky investment products could be hit with $300.2 million fines.

Investors lost $83 million by investing in complex, high-risk over-the-counter derivatives pushed by foreign exchange broker Union Standard International Group and its two authorised representatives between 2018 and 2020.

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