TRUST LEGACY INTERNATIONAL/TRUST LEGACY INTERNATION/ TRUST LEGACY INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PH is not registered with the Commission as a corporation or partnership and is NOT AUTHORIZED TO SOLICIT INVESTMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
Date Posted: 6 January 2022
TRUST LEGACY INTERNATIONAL
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) has received
information that individuals or group of persons of person representing
TRUST LEGACY INTERNATIONAL
have been soliciting investment
s
from the public.
Based on information gathered by the Commission,
TRUST LEGACY
INTERNATIONAL/TRUST LEGACY INTERNATION/ TRUST LEGACY INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY PH
claims to be
an automatic online investment platform
engaged in Bitcoin
Trading
with its so
–
called
“
BITCOIN DOUBLER
” and “
DAILY BITCOIN
”
program
where
depending on the amount of investment
ranging from
$20 up to $20,000,
guarantees
200%
revenue after 35 or 100 days
or an amount ranging from $40 up to $40,000.00.
It even c
laim
s based on its
Financial Projection that investors
can earn
per
–
day
earnings of $0.30 up to $300.00, 5
–
day earnings of $1.50 up to $1,500.00
, and 35
–
day
earnings of $10.50 up to $30,500.00
in purely passive income.
T
rust Legacy
International
declares that it is based in Finland and was
founded
on January 2021
.
Investigation disclosed that investors are instructed to deposit the
ir money in an
account under
UNIONBANK
and GCASH of a certain
John Paul Atos, a.k.a ”Mentor John”
and
to
register
in
its
www.trustlegacyintl.com
which
was
now
changed
to
https://trustlegacyintl.net/acct/
.
T
he investment scheme
s
of
TRUST LEGACY INTERNATIONAL
through its
“
BITCOIN DOUBLER
” and “
DAILY BITCOIN
” program
are
classified as securities in the
form of investment contract
s which are
mandated
by Republic Act No. 8799 or the
Securities Regulation Code of the Philippines to be registered with the Commission
before
these
securities are offered to the public.
TRUST LEGACY INTERNATIONAL
is not registered with the Commission as a corporation or
partnership and is
NOT AUTHORIZED
TO SOLICIT INVESTMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
as
it
did not secure
prior registration and/or license to solicit investments from the
Commission as prescribed
under Section 8 of the Securities Regulation Code.
TRUST LEGACY INTERNATIONAL
is
N
OT R
EGISTERED
as a Virtual Asset Service
Provider (VASP) with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)
N
OR
DOES
IT
HAVE A
CORRESPONDING CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY
as a Money Service Business (MSB)
required under the Guidelines for Virtual Asset Service Providers
(BSP Circular No.
1108, Series of 2021).
Likewise, its name
DOES NOT APPEAR
among those listed as
registered MSBs as
of January 2021 with the Anti
–
Money Laundering Council under the Anti
–
Money
Laundering Act, as amended
.
Accordingly, those who invite or recruit other people to join or invest in this
venture or offer investment contracts or securities
to the public may be held criminally
liable under Section 28 of the SRC penalized with a maximum fine of Five Million Pesos
(P 5,000,000.00) 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
).
Thus, in dealing with these unregistered entities, the Commission reiterates
its Advisory
entitled: “Dealing with Non
–
Registered Foreign Entities Organizations and
Corporations with link address at
https://www.sec.gov.ph/advisories
–
2021/sec
–
advisory
–
against
–
dealing
–
with
–
non
–
registered
–
foreign
–
entities
–
organizations
–
and
–
corporation
s/
.
In view thereof, the public is hereby advised to exercise caution before investing
in these kinds of activities and to take the necessary precautions in dealing with
TRUST LEGACY INTERNATIONAL
and its
representatives. In view thereof, the public is
further advised
NOT TO INVEST
or
TO STOP INVESTING
in any investment scheme
being offered by aforesaid entities/individuals.
Should you have any information regarding the operation of the subject entity,
please call the Enforcement and Investor Protection Department at telephone numbers
8818
–
6047 or send your report to the EIPD at
[email protected]
v.ph
.
For the guidance of the public.
Pasay City, 06 January 2021