The original What Crowdestor Investors Can Do article laid out the institutional landscape: regulators, jurisdictions, the pledge problem, the anti-money-laundering angle. It described the machinery …
Ventus Energy: 6 Months, Another 28 Million Euros, and 1 Bafin Ruling Later
On May 5, 2026, Bafin ruled that Ventus Energy's business constitutes unauthorized deposit-taking under the German Banking Act and ordered immediate repayment. Twenty days later, Ventus told its …
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BaFin Orders Ventus Energy to Stop Unauthorized Deposit-Taking and Repay Investors
On May 18, 2026, Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) published a consumer notice ordering Ventus Energy Group OÜ to immediately cease and wind up its unauthorized deposit-taking …
Debitum Replied: 13 Pages on How Forests Work. Zero on Where the Money Went.
On March 26, Debitum Investments posted a 13-page statement (as well as in their own group) in response to my original Debitum Investments article. I took a closer look to see if it changes …
Debitum Investments: Insiders Are Taking a 34-Cent Cut out of Every Investor Euro Spent on Forest.
On 29 May 2025, the largest borrower on Debitum bought a piece of Latvian forest for EUR 16,500 from its former parent company. The parent company had bought it from a local landowner 105 days …
Ventus Influencer Is Getting Cold Feet
On December 7, 2025, three of the German-speaking P2P community's most prominent influencers sat down for their first joint livestream. Lars Wrobbel (Passives Einkommen mit P2P), Thomas Butz …
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