Legal Notice
Formal Cease and Desist Notice to Dr. sc. Denis Bednyagin
Issue Date: 19 February 2026
Served due to written allegations of fraud and threatened publication intended to harm Financely’s reputation and business relationships.
Chronology of Events
On 19 February 2026, you contacted Financely after reviewing our published trade finance advisory services and proposed potential collaboration relating to gold trade financing and related funding arrangements.
Transaction Presented by Dr. sc. Denis Bednyagin to Financely
Origin: Ghana
Quantity: 100 kg per week
Pricing: LBMA minus 5% (including intermediaries fees)
End Buyer: well established licensed gold refinery in India
Shipment Size: approximately USD 16.1 million per 100 kg
Payment: bank wire within 2 to 3 days following delivery and assay verification
Financely explained the scope and nature of its work: underwriting preparation, structuring, documentation review, and presentation of transactions to independent third-party capital providers. Financely further explained that these services require professional time and are provided under written engagement terms and disclosed fees.
Your accusations escalated immediately after you observed that Financely charges for consultation and deal review services. You asserted in writing that Financely was a “fee-for-no-service fraud,” and further stated that the presence of professional fees resembled an “African scam.”
You then stated that you would publish your accusations through scam alert networks. Those statements are false, reckless, and harmful.
You also asserted that Financely’s Trade Finance Token initiative was a scam on the basis that it was “anonymous.” At the time of your message, no token product had launched and no capital was being accepted under any such program. Making definitive fraud allegations from an early-stage concept page is not a reasonable or substantiated position.
Commercial Context and Published Position
The structure you presented reflects characteristics commonly associated with speculative gold arbitrage representations, including a stated discount to LBMA, strong post-delivery payment assurances, and rapid verification cycles.
Financely has published analysis on why so called “risk free” gold arbitrage pitches routinely fail commercial and compliance screening: https://www.financely-group.com/the-myth-of-gold-cif-dubai-why-these-risk-free-arbitrage-deals-are-a-waste-of-time
Charging professional fees for underwriting review does not constitute fraud. It is normal market practice. These fees compensate time spent assessing documentation, counterparties, risk allocation, compliance posture, logistics structure, and payment mechanics before any third-party capital review.
Regarding tokenization initiatives, market-standard controls include independent smart contract security audits, treasury attestations, and transparent on-chain reporting. These controls, when properly implemented, are objective forms of assurance. They do not depend on personal opinion or assumptions drawn from incomplete information.
Formal Denial and Notice
Financely categorically denies any allegation of fraud. Financely does not guarantee funding and does not operate as a lender or broker-dealer. Professional services are limited to advisory and structuring work performed prior to independent underwriting decisions by third-party institutions.
Your allegations are false, defamatory in substance, and capable of causing material harm. You are now on formal notice that these claims are disputed. Any publication or repetition after receipt of this notice will be treated as intentional and will be relied upon in enforcement action.
Legal Basis
The publication or dissemination of false factual allegations that damage a company’s reputation or disrupt its commercial relationships may give rise to liability under Swiss law and other competent jurisdictions. This includes civil protections for reputation and personality rights, and protections against unlawful commercial disparagement and interference.
Financely reserves all rights to proceed in Switzerland and any other competent forum based on where publication occurs and where harm is suffered.
Immediate Demands and Deadlines
Within 24 hours of receipt of this notice, you must:
- Cease all publication, republication, and repetition of any allegation that Financely is a scam, fraudulent, or “fee-for-no-service.”
- Confirm in writing that you will not publish any such allegations going forward.
Within 48 hours of receipt of this notice, you must:
- Disclose whether any allegation has already been posted or sent to any third party, network, platform, or forum.
- Provide the URLs, screenshots, or recipient list sufficient to identify distribution.
Within five (5) calendar days of receipt of this notice, you must:
- Provide a clear written retraction of the allegations.
- Provide a written undertaking not to repeat them in any form.
A consultation fee or a deal review fee is not a rational basis to assert fraud, particularly when discussing transactions described at multi-million dollar scale. If you do not wish to engage paid professional services, the correct course is to disengage, not to fabricate public allegations.
Right of Response and Use of Correspondence
Financely retains communications privately under its
Privacy Policy.
If defamatory allegations are published, Financely will exercise its right of response to correct the public record. This may include disclosure of limited excerpts of correspondence strictly to rebut false claims and provide necessary context, consistent with applicable privacy and data protection obligations.
Financely is not seeking publicity. If you do not publish defamatory statements, correspondence remains private.
Evidence Preservation
You are instructed to preserve all emails, attachments, chat logs, drafts, notes, screenshots, platform submissions, and any related electronic records. Deletion, alteration, or concealment of relevant records may be relied upon in any proceeding.
Non-Compliance Procedures
If you publish or repeat the allegations after receipt of this notice, Financely will proceed without further warning with the following actions:
- Platform and hosting takedown requests, including notices to search engines where applicable
- Formal legal action seeking injunctive relief and damages
- Claims for commercial interference and unlawful disparagement
- Preservation and compilation of evidence for proceedings in Switzerland and any other competent jurisdiction
All rights and remedies are expressly reserved.