Ascend Intelligence Company/Ascend Intelligent/AI Company/Ascend-Intelligence.com
SEC-EIPD Advisory • Securities and Exchange Commission Departments • Enforcement and Investor Protection Department (EIPD) • Oct 21, 2021
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October 21, 2021 ENFORCEMENT AND INVESTOR PROTECTION DEPARTMENT SEC ADVISORY The Commission has received information that individuals or group of persons representing ASCEND INTELLIGENCE COMPANY/ASCEND INTELLIGENT/AI COMPANY/ASCEND-INTELLIGENCE.COM is soliciting investments from the public. As shown above ASCEND INTELLIGENCE COMPANY/ASCEND INTELLIGENT/AI COMPANY/ASCEND-INTELLIGENCE.COM offers 100% profit within 40 days with a minimum investment of Php1,000.00 with no maximum investment limit. Allegedly, the earnings will be generated from trading in the crypto-currency markets by ASCEND INTELLIGENCE COMPANY/ASCEND INTELLIGENT/AI COMPANY/ASCEND-INTELLIGENCE.COM through its AI Robot . Further, ASCEND INTELLIGENCE COMPANY/ASCEND INTELLIGENT/AI COMPANY/ASCEND-INTELLIGENCE.COM is offering a direct referral bonus of 20% and indirect referral bonus of 1%: The public is hereby warned that such investment schemes are considered as securities in the form of investment contracts subject to the regulatory authority of this Commission. The offering of securities to the public without a permit or license is a violation of Section 8.1 of the Securities Regulation Code. Briefly, an "investment contract" 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 ASCEND INTELLIGENCE COMPANY/ASCEND INTELLIGENT/AI COMPANY/ASCEND-INTELLIGENCE.COM . As such, the Securities Regulation Code (SRC) requires that said offer and 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. Based on the Commission's database, ASCEND INTELLIGENCE COMPANY/ASCEND INTELLIGENT/AI COMPANY/ASCEND-INTELLIGENCE.COM , is NOT REGISTERED as a corporation or partnership and OPERATES WITHOUT THE NECESSARY LICENSE AND/OR AUTHORITY 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 ASCEND INTELLIGENCE COMPANY/ASCEND INTELLIGENT/AI COMPANY/ASCEND-INTELLIGENCE.COM , shows indication of a possible "Ponzi Scheme" where monies 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. 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 to STOP INVESTING in the investment scheme being offered by ASCEND INTELLIGENCE COMPANY/ASCEND INTELLIGENT/AI COMPANY/ASCEND-INTELLIGENCE.COM , and its representatives . The Commission further warns those who act as salesmen, brokers, dealers or agents of ASCEND INTELLIGENCE COMPANY/ASCEND INTELLIGENT/AI COMPANY/ASCEND-INTELLIGENCE.COM , 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 28 of the SRC and 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) . Moreover, 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 ASCEND INTELLIGENCE COMPANY/ASCEND INTELLIGENT/AI COMPANY/ASCEND-INTELLIGENCE.COM , and its representatives, please send your report through email at [emailprotected] For the information and guidance of the public. Pasay City, October 21, 2021.
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