The Central Bank of Ireland has issued a warning that Apel Investments, presented as the trading name of Apel Financial Services Distribution, is not authorised to provide investment services or investment business services in Ireland. The warning states that the entity has cloned the details of a Central Bank authorised firm and is seeking to pass itself off as APEL Financial Distribution Services Limited in order to deceive consumers. The notice identifies apelinvestments.com and related client, MetaTrader and WebTrader pages among the websites used by the unauthorised firm. It also states there is no connection between the clone firm and the legitimate Central Bank authorised firm.
Central Bank of Ireland2026-06-03
Central Bank of Ireland warns cloned firm Apel Investments is unauthorised and impersonating APEL Financial Distribution Services Limited
The Central Bank of Ireland has warned that Apel Investments, presented as the trading name of Apel Financial Services Distribution, is not authorised to provide investment services or investment business services in Ireland. The firm has cloned the details of APEL Financial Distribution Services Limited and is using apelinvestments.com and related MetaTrader and WebTrader pages to pass itself off as the legitimate Central Bank authorised firm, with which it has no connection.