No document request, no phone call, no email message, nothing. Cant withdraw money or open new positions ``Your account is under review by compliance department``. Support are useless IB is no more a good broker. After fined by FINRA IB became irrational
Doesn t seem normal... first time I read this although testimonies of IB going over the top with compliance have certainly spiked recently
Is this an account outside of the U.S.? If it is, then that seems to happen a lot, if it's in the U.S. then that's unacceptable.
Did you call them first? Toll free: 1 - 877 - 442 - 2757 (USA) https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/index.php?f=1560&p=contact
I've had IB for almost 20 years. Called them maybe 3 times. Always got CS on the phone and they always handled my questions.
Absolute BULLSHIT, coming from you, not IB. Are you a Venezuelan politician??? IB would NEVER do something like this... Impressed though, as you must be ONE SERIOUS INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL...
Not normal actions by IB. They have stepped up their compliance recently but this is on another level.
Hmmm.... It seems that someone has been watching too many James Bond movies... International criminals usually don't spend their time trading soybeans or emini-futures, and they certainly do not complain about their broker in trading forums like ET, in my humble opinion.
I was exaggerating. Indeed, they would keep a very, very low profile. However, I have never heard of IB freezing accounts. There has to be a lot more to the story, that we don't know... By the way, I have met a few of these Venezuelans, with political connections, and they are not smart at all. It seems that you truly don't need massive brainpower to steal. They would be dumb enough to do public posts (anonymously), for sure... https://therealdeal.com/miami/2018/...o-1b-venezuelan-money-laundering-scheme-feds/