This isn’t what you want to hear if you’re an executive at a forex broker.
IronFX in China is having some issues and the local media reported two instances of protests outside their offices last week.
According to the website “waihuiTV,” a client burst into IronFX’s offices with a knife and threatened an executive to approve his withdrawal by the next day, else he would kill him. According to the report, the attacker did indeed receive his money back the following day.
This violent move sparked a second physical confrontation with protesters who have been claiming that their funds are held by the broker. “[The knife attacker’s success] is the main reason that all the other victims decided to protect their rights together,” one protester was quoted in the report.
Everyone says it’s a bad idea to go around threatening people’s lives by breaking into their offices but every once in a while it works. I have a feeling there might be a few job openings in broker security in the next few days.
