I am trying to fin a company called Liberty First financial services
(LFFS), whose website was libertyfirst.net, however, I can no longer
find them-any idea what may have happened to them and how they may be
contacted, as they still hold money of mine in an account?

Dear wildmanian-ga,

I regret to say that you appear to be dealing with a company which is
offering investment services without being registered and licensed to
do so. There are numerous warnings on financial regulator sites
warning investors of this operation. The company is based in Spain and
I suspect their operation has been closed down. I have placed below,
links to examples of the various warnings and the contact details for
the Spanish Financial Regulator should you wish to contact them.


UK Financial Services Authority warning.
"FSA list of unauthorised firms as at 9 February 2004.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published an updated list
of unauthorised firms that are or have been targeting UK investors."

Liberty First Financial Services

Source
http://www.fsa.gov.uk/pubs/other/knl_unauthorised_firms.pdf


Australian Securities and Investment Commission - Unlicensed overseas
callers or 'boiler shops'

Liberty First Financial Services, Inc
Liberty First Foreign Services, Inc
Liberty First Advisory Services, SA
Paris 101 ? 107, 5º1ª
Barcelona 08029
Spain
Ph: 34 93 493 5000
Fax: 34 93 493 5002
www.libertyfirst.net

Source
http://www.asic.gov.au/fido/fido.nsf/byheadline/list+of+unlicensed+overseas+cold+callers?openDocument


Slovenian Financial Regulator ? similar information
Source
http://www.a-tvp.si/tuji/Primera%20Nota%20de%20Prensa%20Ingl%C3%A9s.pdf


The relevant Spanish financial regulator is La Comisión Nacional del
Mercado de Valores (CNMV)

The English version of their web site is
http://www.cnmv.es/inversores/eng/index.htm

Click> Information  >Enquiries  >How to make personal enquiries

Conatct details:
1. By e-mail: inversores@cnmv.es
2. By telephone: 902 149 200
3. By fax to 91 319 33 73 or a letter addressed to:

CNMV ? Investors Division
Paseo de la Castellana, 19. 
28046 MADRID


A domain name check reveals a contact email address, but I suspect you
will not obtain a response.

LIBERTY FIRST FOREIGN SERVICES 
PARIS, 101-107, 5 1A
BARCELONA 08029
ES
34934935000 fax: 34934935002

mogu1000@yahoo.com

Source
http://www.whois.sc/libertyfirst.net


I hope this answers your question and assists you. If it does not, or
the answer is unclear, then please ask for clarification of this
research before rating the answer. I shall respond to the
clarification request as soon as I receive it.
Thank you
answerfinder


"Liberty First financial services"
://www.google.com/search?q=%22Liberty+First+financial+services%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&start=0&sa=N

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Clarification of Answer by answerfinder-ga on 05 May 2004 00:37 PDT

I think your first port of call is the Spanish financial regulator.
They should be able to advise you if they have undertaken an
investigation of the company, and as to whether it is a criminal
investigation. Also, you may consider discussing the situation with a
lawyer, either based in your country or Spain.
answerfinder-ga

many thanks for a very full answer-the only further thing i would like
to know is who to persue to get my money back!

Your money I understand is not held by libertyfirst instead it is
protected by the clearing house. When you sent your money it would
have been  sent to and held by International Investments Clearing S,A.
in the Bahamas. I think the region in the Bahamas is Nassau. I suggest
you phone them. You can contact them through International directory
services. You will need to quote your account number. If you have any
queries please advise.

Hi,

I'm in the same situation as the person who asked the question. 
However, I can't get hold of International Investments Clearing in the
Bahamas.  On the number I call, I just get someone who doesn't speak
English.  I'm worried that the clearing house has also disappeared.

Has anyone had success getting money back through IIC?  What contact details?

Thanks.

You can contact International Investments Clearing S.A. the following ways.
Telephone:  (242) 3232394
Fax         (242) 3232396
Email:      iic_accounts@coralware.com
I hope this information is helpful.

The contact email address in the above comment was incorrect. The
correct address is:  iic_accounts@coralwave.com

From some research it shows that the company has moved and as posted
above your funds are held with the clearing house. Anyone that needs
to contact Liberty First can contact this number I have found for them
34-666-814752. The company is still functioning and has just relocated
if anyone still can not contact them you can reach the clearing house
from the above numbers they are working telephone numbers. From some
research, the firm does not do any business in the U.K. or in
Australia since their laws changed. The black list is for firms that
are not licensed to do business within their country; further research
shows that the company has abided by all respective laws.