The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) released updated results from its initiative to disrupt fraudulent investment websites targeting Canadians, reporting that members facilitated the deactivation of more than 7,586 fake investment platforms and crypto scam websites. Between June 5, 2025 and February 12, 2026, the disrupted sites involved more than 13,000 individual URLs. The CSA framed the work as part of coordinated regulatory and enforcement efforts that use technological capabilities to identify and disrupt online scams, alongside collaboration with regulatory partners, industry and law enforcement, and reiterated guidance for investors to check registration via the CSA’s National Registration Search. The CSA will begin including statistics on deactivated websites in its annual Year in Review publication starting in 2026.
Canadian Securities Administrators 2026-03-03
Canadian Securities Administrators update results of initiative that deactivated more than 7,586 fraudulent investment and crypto scam websites
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) deactivated over 7,586 fraudulent investment and crypto scam websites targeting Canadians, involving more than 13,000 URLs between June 2025 and February 2026. This initiative is part of coordinated regulatory and enforcement efforts using technology and collaboration with industry and law enforcement. The CSA will include these statistics in its annual Year in Review publication starting in 2026.