# Prohibited Activities Any corporates or individuals directly or indirectly involved in the below: #### 1. Illegal Drugs & Drug Paraphernalia * Illegal drugs * Substances designed to mimic illegal drugs * Equipment designed for making or using drugs #### 2. Fraudulent Identification * Fake references or ID-providing services #### 3. Telecommunications Abuse * Jamming devices * Other equipment designed to manipulate or disrupt telecommunications #### 4. Unlawful Violence Any business or organization that: * Engages in, encourages, promotes, or celebrates unlawful violence or physical harm to persons or property * Targets violence toward any group based on race, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, or other immutable characteristic #### 5. Unlawful Products & Services * Any product or service that violates applicable laws in the jurisdictions where it is offered or targeted #### 6. Intellectual Property Infringement * Unauthorized sale or distribution of music, movies, software, or other licensed materials * Counterfeit goods; illegally imported or exported products * Unauthorized sale of brand-name or designer items * Any other service or product that infringes trademarks, patents, copyrights, trade secrets, or privacy rights #### 7. Unfair, Predatory, or Deceptive Practices * Pyramid schemes * “Get rich quick” schemes, including: * Promises of high rewards with little effort or upfront work * Outrageous claims, deceptive or fake testimonials * High-pressure upselling or inducements without follow-through * No-value-added services (resale of services without added benefit; unauthorized resale of government offerings) * Predatory sales of online traffic or engagement * Negative-response marketing and telemarketing * Predatory mortgage consulting, lending, credit repair, and counseling * Predatory investment opportunities with no or low money down * Remote technical support scams; mugshot publication/pay-to-remove sites; essay mills; chain letters; door-to-door sales * Any other business Delos deems unfair, deceptive, or predatory #### 8. Adult Content & Services * Pornography or mature content (literature, imagery, media) depicting explicit acts * Prostitution, escorts, pay-per-view sexual services, sexual massages, adult live chats * Adult video stores; gentlemen’s clubs, topless bars, strip clubs * Online dating services #### 9. Certain Legal Services * Law firms collecting fees for non-legal service purposes (high AML risk) * Bankruptcy attorneys * Bail bond services #### 10. Firearms, Explosives & Dangerous Materials * Dual-use goods * Firearms, ammunition, gunpowder, weapons, fireworks, other explosives * Peptides, research chemicals, toxic, flammable, or radioactive materials * Direct sales of precious metals (evaluated case-by-case) #### 11. Unlicensed Gambling & Cash-Intensive Businesses * Unlicensed or unauthorized games of chance (including online gambling, sweepstakes, contests, fantasy sports for prize) * Sports forecasting or odds-making for prize * Lotteries (national lotteries evaluated case-by-case) * Bidding-fee auctions * Other cash-intensive operations #### 12. Cannabis & Marijuana * Cannabis products (including dispensaries and related businesses) #### 13. Sanctions & Licensing Violations * Unlicensed or unregistered financial institutions, crypto asset service providers, "buy now pay later" remittance or payment service providers * Entities or individuals subject to U.S. or other applicable sanctions * Customers or beneficial owners who are sanctioned * Shell banks or shell companies; companies formed by bearer shares (unless publicly traded on a recognized exchange) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://legal.delos-banking.com/risk-acceptance/prohibited-activities.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.