Starling is alleged to have operated schemes that claimed to carry out financial futures trading for the benefit of investors.
His alleged offences include operating a collective investment scheme without authorisation, as well as two counts of fraud.
Starling’s first court appearance was at City of London Magistrates’ Court on 21 August 2018. The case was passed to Southwark Crown Court with the first preliminary hearing scheduled for 18 September 2018.