CMA · SAMA
Information and guidance on financial-fraud cases and relevant reporting channels in Saudi Arabia.
This page explains the Saudi regulatory framework and the relevant channels that may apply to financial-fraud cases.
CMA is Saudi Arabia's primary securities regulator. It accepts complaints against unlicensed brokers, manipulative trading practices, and investment fraud schemes that violate the Capital Market Law.
SAMA supervises banking institutions, exchange companies, and payments. It handles complaints involving banking fraud, unauthorized transfers, and anti-money-laundering violations.
We help review your case information and available evidence, organize documents and prepare complaint drafts and supporting documentation. The client submits all complaints and requests directly to the relevant authorities or institutions. Recovery of funds cannot be guaranteed.
We review the information and evidence related to your case, including transaction records, communications, websites, payment methods and available supporting documents, to understand what happened and identify the appropriate next steps.
Based on the circumstances of your case, we identify the appropriate authorities and institutions you may need to contact, which may include cybercrime authorities, police, banks, card issuers, cryptocurrency exchanges or relevant regulators.
We help organize your evidence and prepare clear supporting documentation and complaint drafts for your case. The client submits all complaints and requests directly to the relevant authorities or institutions.
We guide you through the process, explain the next steps and help you understand what additional information or documentation may be requested by the relevant authority, bank, exchange or other institution.
Platforms falsely claiming CMA or international licensing that vanish once funds are deposited, or impose impossible withdrawal conditions to trap investor capital.
Investment projects promising guaranteed high returns funded by new investor capital rather than real profits, until collapse leaves the majority with total losses.
Fake crypto token offerings, fraudulent trading platforms, and digital wallet scams that exploit lighter regulation in the digital asset sector to defraud Saudi investors.
We conduct a thorough initial review of the case circumstances, loss amount and fraud type to understand what happened and identify the appropriate regulatory authority and next steps.
We help organize the available digital and documentary evidence into a clear, well-structured file, with the relevant submission requirements in mind.
We prepare a formal complaint draft for the appropriate regulatory authority, in line with its procedural requirements. The client submits the complaint directly; acceptance and review are decided by the authority.
We guide you through the next steps and help you prepare any additional information the relevant authority, bank or exchange may request. Timelines and outcomes depend on the relevant banks, exchanges and authorities and cannot be guaranteed.
Yes. CMA accepts investor complaints against any entity conducting financial activity without a license in Saudi Arabia. We help you draft the complaint and organize the necessary evidence; you then submit it yourself through the official channels.
There is no fixed timeline. Timelines and outcomes depend on the relevant banks, exchanges and authorities, such as CMA and SAMA, and cannot be guaranteed. Cases involving international transfers may involve additional parties.
SAMA oversees exchange and payment companies, while CMA covers forex and derivatives platforms. We determine the appropriate regulatory channel for your case based on the nature of the fraudulent activity.
Useful documents include bank transfer statements, screenshots of platform communications, any signed contracts or agreements, and platform login details if available. You do not need to have every document ready before the initial review.
Yes. We review cases involving platforms registered in Saudi Arabia or claiming Saudi licensing regardless of where the victim is located. When needed, we help you prepare a complaint to CMA that you submit yourself through its official channels.
Our team can review your case and help you organize the evidence and documentation relevant to Saudi regulations.
Full confidentiality · Saudi regulatory expertise · No guaranteed outcomes