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SEC EIPD Advisory Koen • Securities and Exchange Commission Departments • Enforcement and Investor Protection Department (EIPD) • Sep 6, 2022

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September 6, 2022 ENFORCEMENT AND INVESTOR PROTECTION DEPARTMENT SEC ADVISORY The Commission has received information that individuals or group of persons representing KOEN SOLUTIONS OPC headed by its single stockholder-director-president, RAFAEL ALBIN NEPOMUCENO KHOE are allegedly enticing the public to invest their money in said entity. As posted on KOEN SOLUTIONS OPC's public Facebook group named "KOEN Philippine Financial Investment Powerful and Intelligent AI robot make" at https://www.facebook.com/groups/581065950119273/about , it is offering investments with guaranteed returns of 2.5%-3% daily or 75%-90% monthly . Based on the information gathered, KOEN SOLUTIONS OPC claims that it is the "world-leading encrypted financial quantitative service platform." It is committed to serving global-encrypted users with innovative technology. It is further alleged that the KOEN platform processes massive data through neural network and combines artificial intelligence, blockchain and other high technologies with precise quantitative research and continues to provide global encrypted users create value efficiently. A prospective investor can earn in three (3) ways: Be an agent to be an agent, an investor needs to sign an agency contract and refer at least thirty (30) individuals to be qualified. An investor will receive a monthly salary of 100 dollars, 200 dollars and 500 dollars if you refer 30, 50 and 100 persons, respectively. Referral Fee There is a corresponding percentage of commission an agent/investor will receive for every income of his/her recruit. Twelve (12) percent for the first level, Six (6) percent for the second level, and so on. Investment thru KOEN App Depending on what robot you will choose to invest in, an investor may earn 2-3 percent daily. As the above described scheme involves the offer and sale of securities in the form of investment contracts to the public, the Securities Regulation Code (SRC) requires that these securities are duly registered and that the concerned entities 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 while KOEN SOLUTIONS OPC was registered with the Commission as a one person corporation on 29 July 2022, it is not authorized to solicit investments from the public, not having secured prior registration and/or license to sell securities or solicit investments as prescribed under Section 8 of the SRC. In fact, KOEN SOLUTIONS OPC's primary purpose as reflected in its Articles of Incorporation is to: In view of the foregoing, the public is advised NOT TO INVEST or to STOP INVESTING in the investment scheme of KOEN SOLUTIONS OPC and to exercise extreme caution when approached by individuals claiming to represent said entity. Those who act as salesmen, brokers, dealers or agents of KOEN SOLUTIONS OPC in selling or convincing people to invest in their investment schemes including solicitation or recruitment through the internet may likewise be prosecuted, held criminally liable and penalized with a maximum fine of Five Million Pesos (Php5,000,000.00) or a maximum penalty of Twenty-One (21) years of imprisonment 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 so that the appropriate penalties and/or taxes will be correspondingly assessed. The Commission urges anyone who has knowledge or information about any business transaction of KOEN SOLUTIONS OPC and/or its agents to report such activity to the Enforcement and Investor Protection Department at [emailprotected] . For the guidance of the public. Makati City, September 6, 2022.

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