Ground Zero Poultry

February 8, 2022 ENFORCEMENT AND INVESTOR PROTECTION DEPARTMENT SEC ADVISORY The Commission has received numerous reports regarding the activities of an entity named GROUND ZERO POULTRY which is engaged in investment-taking activities. Based on information gathered by the Commission, GROUND ZERO POULTRY is enticing the public or individuals who will serve as "Lending/Venture Capitalists" to support the pursuits of its growing business. The poultry farm offers an opportunity to its lenders to earn a good amount of savings while contributing to the business' growth. An investor may opt to invest a minimum amount of Twenty Thousand Pesos (Php20,000.00) with a guaranteed money back of 8% monthly or a total of 48% returns semi-annually . 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 GROUND ZERO POULTRY . 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, GROUND ZERO POULTRY , 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 GROUND ZERO POULTRY , 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. TEHIaD 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 GROUND ZERO POULTRY , and its representatives . Those who act as salesmen, brokers, dealers or agents of GROUND ZERO POULTRY , 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) . 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 GROUND ZERO POULTRY , and its representatives, please send your report through email at [emailprotected] For the information and guidance of the public. Pasay City, February 8, 2022.