Acceptance Leasing and Financing Service, Inc.

While registered as a leasing and financing company, Acceptance Leasing and Financing Service, Inc. primarily operated by soliciting funds from the public. The company offered investment-like contracts promising high, guaranteed returns (e.g., 10-15% per month or 90% in 180 days) to individuals who would "lease" or "loan" money to the company. The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has identified these activities as the sale of unregistered securities to the public, a practice characteristic of a Ponzi scheme, and has issued a Cease and Desist Order against the company to halt these operations.