Public statement

White Thorn Capital Limited (the Impersonating Entity)

White Thorn Capital Limited (the Impersonating Entity)
www.whitethorncap.co.uk (the Website)
admin@whitethorncap.co.uk (the Email Address)
Issued: 18 June 2021


Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998, as amended (FS(J)L)
 
The Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) issues this public statement pursuant to Article 25(d) of the FS(J)L.

This statement is made in order to warn members of the public against dealing with unauthorised financial service providers. The Impersonating Entity has not received authorisation to conduct investment business within the meaning of the FS(J)L and has no link whatsoever with White Thorn Capital Limited (RC112546, a genuine Jersey registered entity administered by IQEQ (Jersey) Limited (IQEQ)

From documentation held by the JFSC, the Impersonating Entity, via the Website, is falsely purporting to trade from the address, Gaspe House, 66-72 Esplanade, St Helier, Jersey JE1 1GH and is carrying on, or holding out that it is carrying on, investment business in Jersey when it is not authorised to do so pursuant to the provisions of the FS(J)L.

The JFSC wishes the following to be known:

  1. The Impersonating Entity, Website and Email address are not connected in any way to the genuine Jersey registered company White Thorn Capital limited or IQEQ. In Jersey, White Thorn Capital Limited is based at 2nd Floor Gaspe House, 66-72 Esplanade, St Helier, Jersey, JE1 1GH.
  2. The Impersonating Entity has never been registered in Jersey, nor applied to be registered, under the FS(J)L. Therefore any investment business as defined in Article 2 of the FS(J)L and carried out by the Impersonating Entity, is in breach of Article 7 of the FS(J)L.
  3. From documentation held by the JFSC, the Impersonating Entity, Website and Email Address all display warning signs of being set up for a fraudulent purpose.

Any person who has had dealings with the Impersonating Entity is requested to contact the JFSC.

All regulated businesses in Jersey are listed on our website.

For further enquiries, please contact Director of Enforcement, Kerry Petulla.