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Money Game Hub/MGH Trading OPC

SEC-EIPD Advisory • Securities and Exchange Commission Departments • Enforcement and Investor Protection Department (EIPD) • Aug 23, 2021

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August 23, 2021 ENFORCEMENT AND INVESTOR PROTECTION DEPARTMENT SEC ADVISORY The Commission has received information that MONEY GAME HUB/MGH TRADING OPC ("MGH") is engaged in UNAUTHORIZED investment-taking activities. MONEY GAME HUB/MGH TRADING OPC is allegedly a perfume-distribution marketing company and is headed by ALEXANDER LIBRES SALVADOR who entices the public to join the company and invest a minimum of Five Hundred Pesos (Php500.00) and promises seven times (7X) return on investment for a period of 40 days . Hence, an initial investment of Php500.00 will have a return of Php3,500.00 after 40 days as shown in the table below: PLAYER PACKAGE CHALK DIME SHARP SHARK WHALE CAPITAL 500 1,000 5,000 20,000 50,000 DAYS 1ST-5TH 250 500 2,500 10,000 25,000 6TH-10TH 250 500 2,500 10,000 25,000 11TH-15TH 250 500 2,500 10,000 25,000 16TH-20TH 250 500 2,500 10,000 25,000 21ST-25TH 500 1,000 5,000 20,000 50,000 26TH-30TH 500 1,000 5,000 20,000 50,000 31ST-35TH 750 1,500 7,500 30,000 75,000 36TH-40TH 750 1,500 7,500 30,000 75,000 TOTAL FOR 40 DAYS 3,500 7,000 35,000 140,000 350,000 The Money Game Hub is designed as a Multi-level marketing platform providing: PASSIVE INCOME PLAYER PACKAGES - CHALK PLAYER PACKAGE Php500.00; - DIME PLAYER PACKAGE Php1,000.00; - SHARP PLAYER PACKAGE Php5,000.00; - SHARK PLAYER PACKAGE Php20,000.00; and - WHALE PLAYER PACKAGE Php50,000.00. DIRECT REFERRAL BONUS - CHALK PLAYER 20% - DIME PLAYER 25% - SHARP PLAYER 30% - SHARK PLAYER 35%; and - WHALE PLAYER 50% INDIRECT REFERRAL BONUS of 1% to every up-line member, chained all the way up to infinity (CEO of company). ENCASHMENT BONUS 1% of cash taken from every cash withdrawal and given to the next up-line member. MONEY SPIN (A casino feature/game of chance) For joining members: P5,000 = 1 ticket, P20,000 = 3 tickets, P50,000 = 5 tickets. Also cash payments: P500 = 5 ticket spins, P1,000 = 10 ticket spins, P5,000 = 50 ticket spins, and P10,000 = 100 ticket spins. As the aforementioned schemes involve 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 Sections 8 and 28 of the SRC. The public is hereby informed that MONEY GAME HUB is not registered as a corporation and partnership. However, MGH TRADING OPC is registered with the Commission as a One Person Corporation. Nonetheless, both MONEY GAME HUB/MGH TRADING OPC are not authorized to solicit investments from the public as they did not secure prior registration and/or license to solicit investments from the Commission as prescribed under Section 8 of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The public is reminded that the issuance of a Certificate of Incorporation only grants the said entity juridical personality but does not constitute an authority or license for the corporation to engage in activities such as solicitation of investments, issuance of investments contracts, offering and sale of investment contracts that require a secondary license . Consequently, those who act as salesmen, brokers, dealers or agents of MONEY GAME HUB/MGH TRADING OPC in selling or convincing people to invest in their investment schemes including solicitations or recruitment through the internet may likewise be prosecuted and held criminally liable under Section 28 of the SRC and penalized with a maximum fine of Five Million Pesos (Php5,000,000.00) or maximum penalty of Twenty-One (21) years 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). In view thereof, the public is hereby advised to STOP INVESTING in the investment schemes being offered by any individual or group or persons allegedly acting for or on behalf of MONEY GAME HUB/MGH TRADING OPC . 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 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 guidance of the public. Pasay City, August 23, 2021.

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