XOP Diamond Management OPC/Blue Diamond Corp.

July 27, 2023 ENFORCEMENT AND INVESTOR PROTECTION DEPARTMENT SEC ADVISORY This is to inform the public that XOP DIAMOND MANAGEMENT OPC/BLUE DIAMOND CORPORATION is NOT AUTHORIZED TO SOLICIT INVESTMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. SDAaTC Based on the information gathered from reports and data from open sources, XOP DIAMOND MANAGEMENT OPC/BLUE DIAMOND CORPORATION is purportedly engaged in the importation of fuel. XOP DIAMOND MANAGEMENT OPC/BLUE DIAMOND CORPORATION is engaged in investment-taking activities allegedly to finance its importation of fuel. As posted by XOP DIAMOND MANAGEMENT OPC/BLUE DIAMOND CORPORATION 's agents and "admins" in Facebook Groups and YouTube, the would-be investor may invest by choosing a plan. The investment plan may vary from Php1,000.00 to Php5,000,000.00 . Besides the aforementioned plans, the investor may also earn from direct and indirect referral bonus depending on the amount invested of his/her downline. With regard to direct referrals, the upline may earn 5% . Conversely, with indirect referrals, the investor will earn 1% from any amount invested by the referrals of his/her downline. Further, whenever a downline has topped-up or received their payouts the upline shall also receive 5% for his/her direct referral and 1% for the indirect referrals . AaCTcI In this regard, the public is made aware that an "investment contract," a kind of security, exists when there is an investment or placement of money in a common enterprise with a reasonable expectation of profits to be derived from the efforts of others which is prominent in the scheme of XOP DIAMOND MANAGEMENT OPC/BLUE DIAMOND CORPORATION . acEHCD As such, the Securities Regulation Code (SRC) requires that said offer and/or sale of securities must be duly registered with the Commission and that the concerned entity and/or its agents should have the appropriate registration and/or license to sell such securities to the public. Further, the Financial Products and Services Consumer Protection Act also prohibits investment fraud which is defined under the law as any form of deceptive solicitation of investments from the public which includes Ponzi schemes and such other schemes involving the promise or offer of profits or returns sourced from the investments or contributions made by the investors themselves and the offering or selling of investment schemes to the public without a license. Based on the Commission's database, XOP DIAMOND MANAGEMENT OPC is REGISTERED as a One Person Corporation (OPC), while BLUE DIAMOND CORPORATION is not registered with the Commission as a Corporation, Partnership or One Person Corporation. XOP DIAMOND MANAGEMENT OPC and BLUE DIAMOND CORPORATION are both operating WITHOUT the necessary license or authority from the Commission to solicit, accept or take investments/placements from the public nor to issue investment contracts and other forms of securities defined under Section 3 of the Securities Regulation Code (SRC) . Further, the scheme employed by XOP DIAMOND MANAGEMENT OPC/BLUE DIAMOND CORPORATION has the characteristics of a "Ponzi Scheme" where money from new investors are used in paying "fake profits" to prior investors and is designed mainly to favor its top recruiters and prior risk takers and is detrimental to subsequent members in case of scarcity of new investors. EcTCAD The offering and selling of securities in the form of investment contracts using the "Ponzi Scheme" which is fraudulent and unsustainable, is NOT a registrable security. The Commission will not issue a License to Sell Securities to the Public to persons or entities that are engaged in this business or scheme. In view thereof, the public is hereby advised NOT TO INVEST or to STOP INVESTING in the investment scheme being offered by XOP DIAMOND MANAGEMENT OPC/BLUE DIAMOND CORPORATION , and its representatives . Those who act as salesmen, brokers, dealers, agents, representatives, promoters, recruiters, uplines, influencers, endorsers, abetters and enablers of XOP DIAMOND MANAGEMENT OPC/BLUE DIAMOND CORPORATION , in selling or convincing people to invest in the investment scheme being offered by the said entity including soliciting investments or recruiting investors through the internet may be held criminally liable under Section 11 of the Financial Products and Services Consumer Protection Act (FCPA) and Section 28 of the SRC, and for the two offenses both penalized with separate maximum fine of Five Million Pesos (Php5,000,000.00) or imprisonment of Twenty One (21) years or both pursuant to Section 73 of the SRC (SEC vs. Oudine Santos, G.R. No. 195542, 19 March 2014) . 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. Should you have any information regarding the operation of XOP DIAMOND MANAGEMENT OPC/BLUE DIAMOND CORPORATION , and its representatives, please send your report through email at [emailprotected] . For the information and guidance of the public. Makati City, July 27, 2023.