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SEC-EIPD Advisory • Securities and Exchange Commission Departments • Enforcement and Investor Protection Department (EIPD) • Feb 8, 2024

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February 8, 2024 ENFORCEMENT AND INVESTOR PROTECTION DEPARTMENT SEC ADVISORY This Advisory is prompted by reports that CAMACHO TRADING/CAMACHO PACKAGING SUPPLIES TRADING is now operating under a new name "CAMACHO PACKAGING SUPPLIES OPC" with the same scheme which offers a 10% monthly payout for a minimum amount of Php50,000 for the old investors and a Php100,000 minimum amount for the new investors for a 12-month holding period. acEHCD The single stockholder/director/president of CAMACHO PACKAGING SUPPLIES OPC is Ms. ARLENE TOLENTINO LABAJO while its nominee is Ms. GENELENE TOLENTINO LABAJO and its alternate is Ms. AMBRYL JEWEL LABAJO ANGELES . For the information of the public, CAMACHO PACKAGING SUPPLIES OPC was registered with the Commission as a one-person corporation on 02 January 2024 with Company Registration No. 2024010129703-06 . However, its Certificate of Registration ONLY grants juridical personality to the said corporation but does not authorize it to issue, sell or offer for sale to the public, securities such as but not limited to, shares of stock, investment contracts and debt instruments without prior Registration Statement approved by the Commission . In other words, though CAMACHO PACKAGING SUPPLIES OPC is registered as a corporation, it does not have the necessary Secondary License from the Commission to authorize it to solicit investments from the public. Also, the Commission reiterates that an Advisory had already been issued against CAMACHO TRADING/CAMACHO PACKAGING SUPPLIES TRADING warning the public that its illegal investment scheme involves the offering and selling of securities without securing prior registration and/or license to solicit investments from the Commission as prescribed under Section 8 of the Securities Regulation Code. Further, R.A. No. 11765 otherwise known as the "Financial Products and Services Consumer Protection Act 2022 (FCPA) 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 contribution made by the investors themselves and the offering or selling of investment schemes to the public without a license or permit from the SEC. In view thereof, the public is advised NOT TO INVEST or STOP INVESTING in any investment scheme being offered by individuals claiming to be connected with CAMACHO PACKAGING SUPPLIES OPC . Those who act as salesmen, brokers, dealers or agents, representatives, promoters, recruiters, uplines, influencers, endorsers, abetters and enablers of CAMACHO PACKAGING SUPPLIES OPC in soliciting or convincing people to invest in the investment scheme being offered by the said entities including soliciting investments or recruiting investors through the internet may be held criminally liable under Section 11 of the FCPA and Section 28 of the SRC where both violations are separately penalized with a 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) . SDHTEC Should you have any information regarding any investment solicitation by any individuals or group of individuals claiming to represent the foregoing entities, you may send your report to the EIPD at [emailprotected] . For the guidance of the public. Makati City, February 8, 2024.

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