By NITZ ARANCON
Correspondent .
MARK Steven Freeman, the brains behind the controversial Ploutos Coin investment scheme here, has been slapped with a complaint by an investor, the first one known to have sought police assistance in connection with the operations of the Freedom Traders’ Club.
The “investor,” identified as 38-year-old Peter Lou Nuñeza, filed a complaint at the Divisoria police station against Freeman’s Freedom Traders’ Club and Ploutrade Innovation Company.
Nuñeza, who gave the address at Room 210, ER Codoy Building on Pabayo-Gomez Sts., this city, said the firms failed to return his P1.7-million investment plus the promised monthly interests. He told the police he has a co-investor, Mark Anthony Jaudian.
He said they gave their investment to Freeman’s group this May because they were promised 20 percent a month as interest
Nuñeza said he expected a return of investment of at least P500 thousand as of the second week of September.
Despite the promise, Freedom failed to deliver on the promise, and, worse, the complainant could no longer locate the Freedom Traders’ Club’s chief executive officer.
Nuñeza said they were supposed to receive 20 percent a month but they have not seen Freeman since the time they invested.
“We don’t know what happened to our investment after the money was given to Mark Freeman,” Nuñeza told police in his complaint.
Earlier this month, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) here said it is ready to file a criminal case against Freeman.
SEC regional director Renato Egypto said they could file the case themselves but a complainant who has invested in the company would further strengthen the case against Freeman.
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