THE founder of money game operator JJPTR Malaysia, Johnson Lee, has come out to say that he has not run off.

In a audio recording posted on JJPTR Malaysia’s Facebook page today, the 28-year-old told investors he was still in Malaysia and was working on a “new plan” that would be unveiled by May 1.

In the one minute 50-second recording posted at11.30am, he also claimed that many people had been using his name, perhaps to get him into trouble.

“Lately, many people have been asking about my whereabouts. I am still in Malaysia. Many have been using my name. I hope you don’t believe them. I am working on a new plan.

“People have been making use of my name, maybe to create trouble for me. Please be careful, everyone. I am using a voice recording (to convey my message to you), so at least you can hear that it is my voice,” Lee said.

“Lately, I have been working on a new plan. I have many IB…10 branches. I don’t need to get everyone’s approval to get started. Tomorrow we are having a meeting and after that, we will put the plan in writing by May 1.

“I hope you will give me the time. I will present to you a good plan,” he said in Mandarin.

JJPTR Malaysia is one of the 288 entities in Bank Negara Malaysia’s financial consumers alert list of known companies and websites not authorised or approved under the relevant laws and regulations administered by BNM to do forex trading.

It recently made headlines in Chinese newspapers after Lee claimed a hacking job had caused JJPTR to lose RM500 million. Lee reportedly confirmed the rumours on Facebook yesterday, calling it “the biggest mistake of my life”.

In the recording, Lee also told investors not to send donations to him since there were people using his name.

“Please don’t make any donations. You may end up wrongly donating your money. I really don’t need money,” he said before the recording ended.

The JJPTR Malaysia Facebook page has over 7,500 followers.

Meanwhile, The Star Online reported today that some investors had not been getting their promised monthly dividends.

Investors get 20% returns each month from their investment of a minimum US$25 (RM109.50) to a maximum US$1,000 (RM4,380).

The news portal said JJPTR was also linked to another forex trading entity – JJ Poor to Rich. It also said JJPTR, JJ Poor to Rich and JJ Global Network were the three forex trading entities listed on the website www.jjptr.com. The site can only be accessed by authorised users.

The other two entities are also in BNM’s financial consumers alert list. All three were put on the list on Feb 24 this year.

BNM said on its website that only financial institutions licensed by the central bank under laws and regulations administered by BNM can provide financial services to the public.

The central bank said those who choose to deal with unlicensed financial service providers do not enjoy consumer protection under the law, and may even be charged under the law as abetting the operators of such illegal activities.

BNM advised the people not to deal or get involved with the illegal financial service providers, or reveal any personal financial credentials to them.

The public is advised to alert BNM if they know of such illegal or suspicious activities by contacting BNM’s contact centre on 1-300-88-5465 or email [email protected]. – April 25, 2017.