DIYARYO MILENYO

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued another set of advisories against several entities soliciting investments from the public without the necessary licenses:

1.     iWATCH.PH CORPORATION (iWATCH.PH)

2.     LEARN and EARN ONLINE, 247 CRYPTOTRADING FX, 247 CRYPTOTRADE ONLINE, EXCHANGESTOCK, BINARY OPTIONS TRADING, and WOLVES OPTIONS

3.     WONKACASH/WONKA CASH APP FINANCIAL CONSULTANCY SERVICES

4.     IX TRADE/IXTRADE

5.     BEYOND GENERATIONS DIGITAL MARKETING SERVICES

For the complete list of advisories, you may visit https://www.sec.gov.ph/investors-education-and-information/advisories/

We are reminding the public to exercise caution when dealing with individuals or groups soliciting investments for and on their behalf. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SEC CANNOT GUARANTEE THE RECOVERY OF YOUR MONEY.

Those who act as salesmen, brokers, dealers or agents in selling, convincing  or recuiting people  to  invest  in  illegal  schemes may be prosecuted and held criminally liable under Section 28 of the Securities Regulation Code (SRC) and penalized with a maximum fine of   FIVE MILLION   PESOS   (P5,000,000.00) or  a penalty   of   TWENTY-ONE   (21)   YEARS   OF IMPRISONMENT or both.

Furthermore,  the  names  of  all  those  involved  will  be  REPORTED  TO  THE  BUREAU  OF INTERNAL    REVENUE    (BIR)    so    that    the    appropriate    penalties    and/or    taxes  be correspondingly assessed.

We hope you can help us warn the investing public. Thank you and more power.

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iWATCH.PH CORPORATION (iWATCH.PH), headed   by JEROME OPERIO, REINER CADIZ and JOSEPH REGALARIO are allegedly enticing the public to invest in the said entity online or through the internet. Based on the information gathered, a prospective investor should pay an amount of Php2,188.00 to become a member and can enjoy different ways to earn as an iWatcher.

The scheme of iWATCH.PH has the characteristics of a pyramid scheme. The pyramiding scheme involves securities because for payment of a sum of money, often nominal, the investor participates in a recruitment scheme that promises a stream of profits. The scheme that requires recruitment in a two-pronged structure takes the form of a pyramid, one that grows wider at the bottom, and thrives with the supply of new recruits to the scheme. Here, the recruitment fees collected from new recruits are used to pay the recruiting commissions to earlier recruits.

ALIGN ASSETS, on the other hand, claims to be a decentralized trading platform based in the United Kingdom which claims to have no identity, individual, or group that is handling the company. A so called bot is claimed to be the one to do the trading.

ALIGN ASSETS does not appear among the registered banks, exchanges or companies engaged in digital assets with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in accordance with the GUIDELINES FOR VIRTUAL CURRENCY EXCHANGES (BSP CIRCULAR NO.  944) which requires all entities engaged in Virtual Currencies in the Philippines to obtain a Certificate of Registration to operate as remittance and transfer company pursuant to the BSP rules and regulations. Furthermore, ALIGN ASSETS is also NOT REGISTERED either as a crowdfunding intermediary or funding portal under SEC Memorandum Circular No. 14, Series of 2019 or the Rules and Regulations Governing Crowdfunding.

LEARN and EARN ONLINE operates from Kenya and appears to be acting as trading broker for 247 CRYPTOTRADING FX, 247 CRYPTOTRADE ONLINE, EXCHANGE STOCK, BINARY OPTIONS  TRADING and WOLVES OPTIONS, which are said to be based in United Kingdom, through the assistance of its representatives using  apparent synthetic  or  fraudulent  identities, namely: CONFIDENCE  FRIDAY, IDONG   UMOREN, DIMA   VIAD   SASHA,ITZ   SMART   LIVINUS, LAWRENCE PATRICIA, and LAWAN MUHAMAD MLS, among others.

LEARN and EARN ONLINEis offering free seminars and tutorials on how to invest in cryptocurrencies and foreign exchange  online.As part of its scheme, LEARN and EARN ONLINE will also lure the public to invest in 247 CRYPTOTRADING FX, 247 CRYPTOTRADE ONLINE, EXCHANGE STOCK, BINARY OPTIONS TRADING and WOLVES OPTIONS with the  promiseof lucrative  returns  with  little  or  no  risk. Said entities are using the same design or  cookie-cutter interface  for  their  websites and are offering “too  good  to  be true” investment  opportunities ranging  from  18%  to  1000%  income  per  week which are  indications  of a possible “Ponzi  Scheme” where  returns  to  early  investors  are likely  to  be  paid  out  from  the  investments  of  new  investors  and  not  out  of  the companies’ profits.

WONKACASH/WONKA CASH APP FINANCIAL CONSULTANCY SERVICES, which is being operated through a person or persons using the pseudonym “LUISITO TARUC,” is enticing the public to invest in the said entity with a promise of One Hundred Percent (100%) return or double-your-money in just 12 days. The investor can invest a minimum amount of Five Hundred Pesos (Php500.00, Starter Package) or up to Two Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php200,000.00, Max Level). An investor can also earn from direct referral ranging from 50% direct referral, and 10% bonus up to the 10^th level.

The  Securities  and  Exchange Commission  has also received  information  that  individuals  or group  of  persons  representing IX  TRADE/IXTRADE with website, http://www.ixtrade.net and through FACEBOOK pages, “IXTRADE Legitimate”, “Ixtrade.net”, “IXTRADE -TEAM PANALO” and “INGRID ARCHE” are engaged in UNAUTHORIZED investment-taking activities. IX TRADE/IXTRADE guarantees that   for   money   invested   ranging   from   Php500-Php20,000, investors shall earn 150% after 12 days with a referral bonus of 20%. Allegedly, the earnings shall be generated from trading in the forex and cryptocurrency markets.

BEYOND GENERATIONS DIGITAL MARKETING SERVICES, headed by IVAN JAO ROBLES, is offering investments to the public with a minimum amount worth Php1,000.00 per account. A member will earn 10% daily for 20 business days or 200% return and has the option to earn more through the following: generation rewards, mirror rewards, sponsorship rewards, matching rewards and/or unilevel rewards. #SEC