Meta Trading Corp.

December 21, 2021 ENFORCEMENT AND INVESTOR PROTECTION DEPARTMENT SEC ADVISORY Based on the information gathered by the Commission, a number of individuals or group of persons claiming to represent META TRADING CORPORATION/ONE META TRADING OPC headed by its CEO, Founder, and President MARIO BONTILAO ABELLANOSA, JR. are enticing the public to invest their money in said entity. The company is offering to the public its investment which would earn a Passive and Active Income, to wit: 1. Passive Income Invest and earn: 5% daily interest for twenty (20) days or for a total of 100% earnings for a 20-day period; 100% interest for the next five (5) days; 150% interest for the next ten (10) days; and 200% interest for the next 15 days, FOR A TOTAL OF ACCUMULATED INTEREST OF 550% IN JUST 50 DAYS. Thus, an investor shall earn the following within a period of only 50 days according to the package availed of. 2. Active Income: a. Direct Referral Commission where an upline shall earn: 20% if he/she is a bronze-plan holder, 30% if he/she is a silver-plan holder, 40% if he/she is a ruby-plan holder, or 50% if he/she is a diamond-plan holder Referral Commission of the value of the package availed of by his/her direct downline; b. Indirect Referral Commission equivalent to 1% of the package availed of by the recruit/s of the upline's direct recruits regardless of its level; c. Boost-Up Commission shall be earned by an earlier investor whenever he/she recruits 5 persons with the same initial plan as his'/hers' which is equivalent to 100% of the value of the plan; d. Share Pool Bonus where the company shall set-aside an amount equivalent to 10% of the value of the plan availed of by investors every forty-five (45) days and the total amount thereof shall be distributed among the silver (about 15% thereof), ruby (about 25% thereof), and diamond (about 50% thereof) plan holders. The above described schemes involved the sale of securities to the public, the Securities Regulation Code (SRC) requires that these securities are duly registered and that the concerned corporation and/or its agents have appropriate registration and/or license to sell such securities to the public pursuant to Section 8 of the SRC. Per records of the Commission, META TRADING CORPORATION/ONE META TRADING OPC is NOT registered either as a corporation or a partnership . Having no primary registration/corporate franchise, with more reason that it is NOT AUTHORIZED to solicit investments from the public since it has not secured prior registration and/or license from the Commission as prescribed under Sections 8 and 28 of the SRC. META TRADING CORPORATION/ONE META TRADING OPC is also not a registered Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and does not have a corresponding Certificate of Authority as a Money Service Business as required under Circular No. 1108, series of 2021 or the Guidelines for Virtual Asset Service Providers . Hence, those who act as salesmen, brokers, dealers or agents or claim to act as such for META TRADING CORPORATION/ONE META TRADING OPC in selling or convincing people to invest in the investment scheme being offered by said entity including solicitations and recruitment through the internet may be prosecuted and held criminally liable under Section 28 of the SRC and penalized with a maximum fine of Five Million pesos (P5,000,000.00) or penalty of Twenty-one (21) years of imprisonment or both pursuant to Section 73 of the SRC. Also, those who invite or recruit others to join or invest in such venture or offer investment contracts or securities to the public may incur criminal liability, or otherwise be sanctioned or penalized accordingly as held by the Supreme Court in the case of Securities and Exchange Commission vs. Oudine Santos (G.R. No. 195542, 19 March 2014). The public is advised NOT TO INVEST or STOP INVESTING in any investment scheme being offered by any individual or group of persons allegedly for or on behalf of META TRADING CORPORATION/ONE META TRADING OPC as well as to any other entities having the same or similar schemes and to exercise caution in dealing with any individuals or group of persons soliciting investments for and on behalf of it. Should you have any information regarding the operation of the subject entity, please call the Enforcement and Investor Protection Department at telephone numbers (02) 8818-6047 or send your report to the EIPD at [emailprotected] . For the guidance of the public. Pasay City, December 21, 2021.