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YDYS Trading OPC

SEC-EIPD Advisory • Securities and Exchange Commission Departments • Enforcement and Investor Protection Department (EIPD) • Apr 20, 2022

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April 20, 2022 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 YDYS TRADING OPC , headed by MAR ALBERT PONDANG HIDALGO , is enticing the public to invest their money in said entity. As posted online, YDYS TRADING OPC is offering investments to the public ranging from PHP300 up to PHP50,000. Investors earn 35% for a 10-day period; 35% for the next ten (10) days; 35% for the following ten (10) days; and 145% earnings for the next fifteen (15) days, FOR A TOTAL OF ACCUMULATED EARNINGS OF 250% IN JUST 45 DAYS . Interested individuals may contact any agent and choose which package they may opt to avail. Investors can buy packages by depositing their payment to the assigned payment channel. Investors may monitor their income and request payout through their profile on the website: https://ydyscrypto.com/ . Staking package/s also earn " product points " to redeem the following Gadget and Car Incentives . YDYS TRADING OPC is associated with the product " Buah Merah ." This product is only available when you choose the Orange Staking package equivalent to PHP5,000 and Gold Staking package equivalent to PHP50,000. Upon further investigation, YDYS TRADING OPC appears to release a new product named "DreamSlim Cleansing and Slimming Coffee " soon. Investors may also earn through the following: 1. Direct Referral Bonus where an upline recruits another investor and will earn 50% of the package availed by the direct downline. 2. Upgrade Bonus can also be earned when the downline wishes to increase the current value of its package, the upline earns 50% from the upgraded package. 3. Team Rewards Commission shall be earned when the downline is able to recruit more investors. For every investor, the upline will earn 1% commission from the downline's earnings. As the above described schemes involve the sale of securities to the public, the Securities Regulation Code (SRC) requires that these securities should be duly registered and that the concerned corporation and/or its agents have the appropriate registration and/or license to sell such securities to the public pursuant to Section 8 of the SRC. The records of the Commission show that YDYS TRADING OPC is registered with the Commission on 01 March 2022 as a One Person Corporation. However, as indicated in its Certificate of Incorporation, it clearly states 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. Furthermore, its purpose as stated in its Articles of Incorporation is quoted, as follows: "To engage in, conduct and carry on the business of buying, selling, distributing, marketing on wholesale and retail basis . . . Provided that the corporation shall not solicit, accept or take investments/placements from the public neither shall it issue investment contracts. " Thus, the above-quoted specifies that the Corporation is prohibited from taking investments/placements as it requires secondary license from this Commission. Hence, those who act as salesmen, brokers, dealers or agents or claim to act as such for YDYS 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 YDYS TRADING OPC 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 YDYS TRADING OPC or any securities solicitation activity by any individual or group of individuals representing YDYS TRADING OPC , 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, April 20, 2022.

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