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: 488/S/1B-7T/469/2022
LICENCE RECEIVER: “TRUSTLANE” LLC
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ADDRESS: POTI FREE INDUSTRIAL ZONE; INTERNAL
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INTRODUCTION
Before tackling the topic of Private Placement Opportunity Programs, it is important
to discuss the basic reasons for the existence of this business. This discussion includes
the basic concept of what money is and how it is created, controlling the demand for
money and credit, and the process of issuing a debt note, discounting the note, and
selling and reselling the note in arbitrage transactions.

The Basic Reason

MONEY CREATION
First and foremost, PPOPs exist to “create” money. Money is created by creating
debt. For example: You as an individual can agree to loan $100 to a friend, with the
understanding that the interest for the loan will be 10%, resulting in a total to be
repaid of $110. What you have done is to actually create $10, even though you don't
see that money initially.

Don't consider the legal aspects of such an agreement, just the numbers. Banks are
doing this sort of lending every day, but with much more money. Essentially, banks
have the power to create money from nothing. Since PPOPs involve trading with
discounted bank-issued debt instruments,

money is created due to the fact that such instruments are deferred payment
obligations, or debts. Money is created from that debt. Theoretically, any person,
company, or organization can issue debt notes (again, ignore the legalities of the
process). Debt notes are deferred payment liabilities
Example: A person (individual, company, or organization) is in need of $100. He
generates a debt note for $120 that matures after 1 year, and sells this debt for $100.
This process is known as “discounting”. Theoretically, the issuer is able to issue as
many such debt notes at whatever face value he desires – as long as borrowers believe
that he's financially strong enough to honour them upon maturity. Debts notes such as
Medium Terms Notes (MTN), Bank Guarantees (BG), and Stand-By Letters of Credit
(SBLC) are issued at discounted prices by major world banks in the amount of
billions of USD every day. Essentially, they "create" such debt notes out of thin air,
merely by creating a document.

The core problem: To issue such a debt note is very simple, but the issuer would
have problems finding buyers unless the buyer "believes" that the issuer is financially
strong enough to honour that debt note upon maturity. Any bank can issue such a debt
note, sell it at discount, and promise to pay back the full face value at the time the
debt note matures. But would that issuing bank be able to find any buyer for such a
debt note without being financially strong?

If one of the largest banks in Western Europe sold debt notes with a face value of
€1M EURO at a discounted price of €800,000, most individuals would consider
purchasing one, given the financial means and opportunity to verify it beforehand.
Conversely, if a stranger approached an individual on the street with an identical bank
note, issued by an unknown bank, and offered it for the same sale price; most people
would never consider that offer. It is a matter of trust and credibility. This also
illustrates why there's so much fraud and so many bogus instruments in this business.
involving issuing banks and groups of exit-buyers (Pension Funds, large financial

institutions, etc.) in an exclusive Private Placement arena.

LARGE DEBTS' INSTRUMENTS' MARKET

As a consequence of the previous statements, there is an enormous daily market of
discounted bank instruments (e.g., MTN, BG, SBLC, Bonds, PN). All such activities
by the bank are done as "Off-Balance Sheet Activities". As such, the bank benefits in
many ways. Off-Balance Sheet Activities are contingent assets and liabilities, where
the value depends upon the outcome of which the claim is based, similar to that of an
option. Off- Balance Sheet Activities appear on the balance sheet ONLY as
memoranda items. When they generate a cash flow they appear as a credit or debit in
the balance sheet. The bank does not have to consider binding capital constraints, as
there is no deposit liability.

NORMAL TRADING VERSUS PRIVATE PLACEMENT

All trading programs in the Private Placement arena involve trade with such
discounted debt notes in some fashion. Further, in order to bypass the legal
restrictions, this trading can only be done on a private level. This is the main
difference between this type of trading and "normal" trading, which is highly
regulated. This is a Private Placement level business transaction that is free from the
usual restrictions present in the securities market.

Usually, trading is performed under the "open market" (also known as the "spot
market") where discounted instruments are bought and sold with auction-type bids.
To participate in such trading, the traders must be in full control of the funds,
otherwise they lack the means buy the instruments and resell them. Also, there are
fewer arbitrage transactions in this market, since all participants have knowledge of
the instruments and their prices.

However, in addition to the open market there is a closed, private market wherein lies
a restricted number of "master commitment holders". These holders are Trusts with
huge amounts of money that enter contractual agreements with banks to buy a limited
number of fresh-cut instruments at a specific price during an allotted period of time.
Their job is to resell these instruments, so they contract sub-commitment holders, who
in turn contract exit-buyers.

These programs are all based on arbitrage transactions with pre-defined prices. As
such, the traders never need to be in control of the client's funds. However, no
program can start unless there is a sufficient quantity of money backing each
transaction. It is at this point the clients are needed, because the involved banks and
commitment holders are not allowed to trade with their own money unless they have
reserved enough funds on the market, comprising unused money that belongs to
clients, never at risk.

The trading banks can loan money to the traders. Typically, this money is loaned at a
ratio of 1:10, but during certain conditions this ratio can be as high as 20:1. In other
words, if the trader can "reserve" $100M, then the bank can loan $1B. In all actuality,
the bank is giving the trader a line of credit based on how much money the
trader/commitment holder has, since the banks won't loan that much money without
collateral, no matter how much money the clients have.

Because bankers and financial experts are well aware of the open market, and equally
aware of the so-called "MTN-programs", but are closed out of the private market,
they find it hard to believe that the private market exists.

ARBITRAGE AND LEVERAGE

Private Placement trading safety is based on the fact that the transactions are
performed as arbitrage transactions. This means that the instruments will be bought
and resold immediately with pre-defined prices. A number of buyers and sellers are
contracted, including exit-buyers comprising mostly of large financial institutions,
insurance companies, or extremely wealthy individuals.

The issued instruments are never sold directly to the exit-buyer, but to a chain of
clients. For obvious reasons the involved banks cannot directly participate in these
transactions, but are still profiting from it indirectly by loaning money with interest to
the trader or client as a line of credit. This is their leverage. Furthermore, the banks
profit from the commissions involved in each transaction.

The client's principal does not have to be used for the transactions, as it is only
reserved as a compensating balance ("mirrored") against this credit line. This credit
line is then used to back up the arbitrage transactions. Since the trading is done as
arbitrage, the money (“credit line”) doesn't have to be used, but it must still be
available to back up each and every transactions.

Such programs never fail because they don't begin before all actors have been
contracted, and each actor knows exactly what role to play and how they will profit
from the transactions. A trader who is able to secure this leverage is able to control a
line of credit typically 10 to 20 times that of the principal. Even though the trader is in
control of that money, the money still cannot be spent. The trader need only show that
the money is under his control, and is not being used elsewhere at the time of the
transaction.

This concept can be illustrated in the following example. Assume you are offered the
chance to buy a car for $30,000 and that you also find another buyer that is willing to
buy it from you for $35,000. If the transactions are completed at the same time, then
you will not be required to “spend” the $30,000 and then wait to receive the $35,000.
Performing the transactions at the same time nets you an immediate profit of $5,000.
However, you must still have that $30,000 and prove it is under your control.

Arbitrage transactions with discounted bank instruments are done in a similar way.
The involved traders never actually spend the money, but they must be in control of it.
The client's principal is reserved directly for this, or indirectly in order for the trader
to leverage a line of credit.

Confusion is common because most seem to believe that the money must be spent in
order to complete the transaction. Even though this is the traditional way of trading -
buy low and sell high – and also the common way to trade on the open market for
securities and bank instruments, it is possible to set up arbitrage transactions if there is
a chain of contracted buyers. This is why client’s funds in Private Placement
Programs are always safe without any trading risk.

HIGH YIELD
Compared to the yield from traditional investments, these programs usually get a very
high yield. A yield of 50%-100% per week is possible. For example: Assume a
leverage effect of 10:1, meaning the trader is able to back each buy-sell transaction
with ten times the amount of money that the client has in his bank account. In other
words, the client has $10M, and the trader is able to work with $100M. Assume also
the trader is able to complete three buy-sell transactions per week for 40 banking
weeks (one year), with a 5% profit from each buy-sell transaction: (5%
profit/transaction)(3 transactions/week) = 15% profit/week Assume 10x leverage
effect = 150% profit...PER WEEK! Even with a split of profit between the client and
trading group, this still results in a double-digit weekly yield. This example can still
be seen as conservative, since first tier trading groups can achieve a much higher
single spread for each transaction, as well as a markedly higher number of weekly
trades.

CLIENTS
The involved clients (program clients) are not the end-buyers in the chain. The actual
real endbuyers are financially strong companies who are looking for a long term, safe
investment, like pension funds, trusts, and insurance companies. Because they are
needed as end-buyers, they are not permitted to participate "in-between" as clients.
The client who participates in a PPOP is just an actor in the picture along with many
other actors (issuing banks, exit-buyers, brokers, etc.) who benefit from this trading.
Usually, the client does not interact with others involved in the process.

PROGRAM STRUCTURED
Normally, a trading program is nothing more than a pre-arranged buy/sell arbitrage
transaction of discounted banking instruments. Theoretically, an client with a large
amount of funds (on the level of $100-500M USD) could arrange his own program by
implementing the buy/sell transaction for himself; however, in this case he needs to
control the entire process, initiating contact with the banks and the exit buyers at the
same time. This is not a simple task, considering the restrictions in place.

For a client it is much simpler (and usually more profitable) to enter a program where
the trader and his trading group have everything in place (the issuing banks, the exit
buyers, the contracts ready for the arbitrage transaction, the line of credit with the
trading banks, all of the necessary guarantees/safety for the client, etc.). The client
needs only to agree with the contract proposed by the trader, disregarding any other
underlying issues. It is further advantageous for the client to enter a program with a
substantially lower amount of money and benefit from the line of credit offered by the
trading group.

The trading in "debt instruments" is a multi trillion dollar industry worldwide. Top
world banks (Money Center Banks) are authorized to issue blocks of debt
instruments like Bank Purchase Orders (BPOs), Promissory Bank Notes or Mid-Term
Notes (MTNs), Zero Coupon Bonds (Zeros), Documentary Letters of Credit (DLCs),
Stand By Letters of Credit (SLCs), or Bank Debenture Instruments (BDls) under
International Chamber of Commerce guidelines (ICC - 500 & 600). The prices of
these instruments are quoted as a percentage of the face amount of the instrument,
with the initial market price being established when first issued.

Thereafter, as they are resold to other banks, they are sold at escalating higher prices,
thus realizing a profit on each transaction, which can take as little as one day to
complete. As these debt instruments are bought and sold within the banking
community, the trading cycles generally move from the higher level banks to lower
level (smaller) banks.

Often they move through as many as seven or eight trading cycles, until they
eventually are sold to an already contracted retail customer or "exit buyer" such as a
pension fund, trust fund, foundation, insurance company, security dealer, etc. that is
seeking a conservative, reasonable yield investment that is suitable for 8 figure
amounts.

By the time the bank debentures ultimately reach the "retail" or secondary market
level, they are of course selling at substantially higher prices than when originally
issued. For example, while the original issuing bank might sell a "MTN" at 80% of it's
face value, by the time it finally reaches the "retail/exit" buyer it can sell for 91% to
93% of it's face value. Since these transactions are intended for large financial
institutions, they are denominated in face amounts commonly ranging from US $10
million. Several types of arrangements are available for investors to place their funds
in trading programs. Returns vary from program to program, but most offer a
contractual minimum return to the investor or a fixed yield per trade and minimum
number of trades per year.

1. Direct Programs: In most cases, the investor’s funds are directly employed for
the trading program. The trading is actually done in an investor transaction
account while granting the program’s trading manager limited power of
attorney to conduct the trades. These programs offer high return and high
“Perceived Risk”.
2. Indirect Programs: In this case, the investor’s funds are utilized by the
program’s trading manager to obtain a line of credit or loan. The proceeds are
utilized by him to conduct a trading program in his own name. Through an
arrangement between the program’s trading manager and the bank in which the
funds are deposited, the investor’s funds are not encumbered by the loan and
are therefore not placed at risk. The investment may be secured by a bank
guarantee or CD that guarantees repayment of principal and often at least a
minimum return to the investor. These programs offer medium to high returns
and full security.

THE KEY TO SAFETY & PROFITS

The key to successful trading in Bank Instruments lies in having the contacts, initial
cash resources, and where to purchase them at the maximum discount while also
having the necessary resources and contacts to sell the Instruments in the higher
priced secondary markets. The real secret of successful participation lies not in
knowing the how, why and wherefore of these transactions, but far more importantly,
in knowing and developing a strong working relationship with the "Insiders": the
Principals, Providers, Bankers, Lawyers, Brokers, and other specialized professionals
who can combine their skills and connections to turn these resources into lawful,
secure, and responsible programs with the maximum potential for safe gain. There has
been a lot of interest expressed by persons seeking to learn more about risk free
capital accumulation by participating in Forfaiting (Trading) Programs. Essentially,
we are discussing a Money Center Bank Instrument or Bank Debenture Purchase and
Resale Program in which these monetary securities are bought at a beneficially lower
price and then sold in the money markets at a higher price. Before a trader commits to
any transaction, they must always ensure that they have a guaranteed Exit Sale,
(another party willing to purchase the bank debentures at an agreed higher price, at
the conclusion of a number of trading cycles). If no end customer is available before
the transaction commences, then no trade will take place, as the trader must always
protect his positions; this is, of course, vital for the maintaining of the profitability of
the program.

The use of Bank Credit Instruments as a medium or short-term investment is obvious.

If one takes the differential between the “face” and the “present value” and moves a
client’s funds into and out of the instruments on an active, regular basis the effective
yield is substantial. The downside from trading in these instruments is nearly nil, if
one retains strict protocol over the program structure and documentation. A worst-
case market risk scenario would be that a client would either not transact and
therefore not be at risk or hold the instrument to maturity. If an instrument had been
purchased and for whatever reason could not be onward “sold or discounted” the
client who “held to maturity would automatically achieve a substantial yield
(compared to other A-AAA rated paper) based on the maturity value against the
discounted face value. Bank Credit Instruments when handled by expert, ethical
Program Managers and Traders are a safe and prudent investment. It behooves
prudent investors, in an effort to diversify the range of their holdings, to include
investment in these instruments to offset other, higher risk portions of their portfolios.
These instruments truly embody the best risk/reward ratio in today’s investment
marketplace!

INVESTOR RISK
When investors hear about the opportunity to earn high profits, the first reaction is
almost inevitably to assume that the risks must be commensurably high. Otherwise,
one assumes that every investor would place funds in such programs. In fact, the risk
to the investor’s capital in a properly structured Bank Credit Instrument trading
program is almost nil. The means employed to eliminate risk vary with the type of
program and include:

1. Investor’s funds are deposited in investor’s own name and own account in the
trade bank and cannot be removed without investor’s instruction or encumbered
in any way. The investor is the sole signatory on the account. Investor does not
place his/her funds with the Program Manager or Introducing Broker. The bank
holds the funds throughout the investment.
2. Investor gives the bank or the Program Manager a very limited power of
attorney, which authorizes the purchase and resale of specific types of bank
instruments from a specific category of banks, (e.g. A-AAA rated, top 100
World or top 25 European). The Program Manager can have no further
influence over the funds. The bank will typically offer a CD, U.S. Treasuries or
a Bank Guarantee, which, it holds in custodial safekeeping. These instruments
pay a modest money market rate of interest to the investor at maturity (usually
one year and one day from deposit) in addition to any profits derived from the
trading program. The investor holds the safekeeping receipt. In instances where
the investor actually purchases and owns the credit instrument, i.e.“direct
programs”, ownership is typically limited to a matter of hours, or at most a few
days, before the instrument is resold. The price of these credit instruments is
not known to fluctuate significantly even with sizable changes in interest rates
or bond prices. Given these very secure procedures, why then isn’t everyone
investing in these programs?

There are several reasons:

Most programs operate with $100 million or more and are meant for large investors.
Relatively few programs have been structured to accept small investments of $1
million or less. The banks bind Program Managers and Investors to very strict
confidentiality agreements and it is very difficult to find the Program Managers or
Investors willing to disclose their activities.

Investor behaviour depends on “perceived” risk rather than actual risk. While the
actual risk may be very low, the “perceived” risk of a little known and somewhat
obscure sounding business does dissuade many investors from getting involved. This
is especially true because only specialized back room departments of the bank are
involved with these transactions. Most bank officials have no knowledge of them;
knowledgeable banking officials are sworn to secrecy and would never divulge the
existence of this market for fear of disturbing large depositors who would clamor for
higher deposit yields. There have also been several highly publicized instances of
fraud, which has prompted the SEC and Federal Reserve to issue warnings. Although
to our knowledge no fraudulent programs have been discovered that utilise the secure
investment procedures that we have outlined.

The fraudulent activities usually arise when investors give up control of their funds to
phony trade managers who use Ponzi scheme type payouts. While the risk to principal
can be completely eliminated, there may be no guarantee that the profits will actually
be fully earned, i.e., best efforts trading. In some programs this presents a potential
interest or dividend earnings loss from the time when funds are placed in the program
until the date of first payout. Typically, this period is only two to three weeks. In
programs for small investors, it can be as long as eight weeks. For large investors, this
potential earnings loss presents a real risk. Often, a minimum return secured by a
bank guarantee is used to offset this risk factor.

Good trading programs are difficult to find, costly and time consuming to verify,
quickly oversubscribed and frequently closed before interested investors can arrange
the necessary funds. Literally dozens, perhaps hundreds of programs are offered
annually. Many are nonexistent repackaging of the same programs by different people
or first-time efforts that never get off the ground. The fundamental question, - which
should be asked by a potential investor when reviewing program procedures - is
“How does this program protect my principal from loss?” If complete protection of
principal is provided for in the procedures, the potential investor has established a
sound basis for moving forward.

NON SOLICITATION AND NON DISCLOSURE

As a direct consequence of the PPOP’s environment where this business has to take
place, a non-solicitation agreement has to be strictly followed by all parties involved.
This agreement strongly influences the way the participants can interact with each
other. Sometimes nonsolicitation agreements foster scam attempts, due to the fact that
at an early stage it is often difficult for the clients to recognize reliable sources to be
in contact with.

There is another reason why so few experienced people talk about these transactions:
virtually every contract involving the use of these high-yield instruments contains
very explicit noncircumvention and non-disclosure clauses forbidding the contracting
parties from discussing any aspect of the transaction for a specified number of years.
Hence, it is very difficult to locate experienced contacts who are both knowledgeable
and willing to talk openly about this type of instrument and the profitability of the
transactions in which they figure. This is a highly private business, not advertised
anywhere nor covered in the press, and is closed to anyone but the best-connected,
most wealthy entities that can come forward with substantial cash funds.

PROJECTS
The purpose of this type of trading is to finance projects, not generate tremendous
profits for the client. These may be for-profit or non-profit and can be funded as a
result of this trading. Since this type of trading generates such large amounts of
money on the market, measures must be taken to keep the inflation low. One way to
do this is to adjust the interest rates, but this usually has little or no effect. A better
way to minimize inflation is to let some of the profit be used for different projects that
need funding, such as rebuilding infrastructure in regions of the world that have
experienced catastrophes or war.

PROCESS SYNTHESIS
The complete process involving the issuing of debt-notes, the arbitrage transactions,
the programs, and the projects is a result of combined market forces. Banks have a
method of increasing their revenues and profits, clients are able to finance different
ventures, and borrowers are able to access loan funds. There is a supply and demand
for such instruments, and as long as the supply and demand exists then also this kind
of trading will exist.

PROJECT SUMMARY
Performing PPP programs are difficult to find and are not always available. Only a
very restricted number of high-level traders can get access to these types of programs.
Many capable investors have been looking around for PPPs for years and are unable
to find a performing provider. Often they have wasted large sums of money by
sending MT760’s to banks and so called traders that simply cannot perform. Genuine
programs are without risk to the investor what so ever, as the credit line raised against
the capital is underwritten by the trading group. The (Investor) therefore is involved
for the purpose of audit only, as it is by law that Financial institutions are not allowed
to participate and therefore have to find a Private entity either a private person or
company. At no time are the investor’s or better called Audit Fund Provider’s funds
used for the trade.

The procedures to enter are simple and fairly standard, however the Audit Fund
Provider will have to adhere to strict compliance and non-disclosure. Many claim to
be next to traders, this is 99.99% not the case. Traders are very busy people and have
no time to sit down and have a chat. Therefore, they have a structure in place where
the first contact is with a compliance officer who will go through the submission
papers and sort out the good from the nonsense.

Finalizing PPOP contracts with clients can be a stressful process because of problems
encountered along the way. The applicant client will not be able to meet directly with
the trader in this business. The main reason why there's a broker-intermediary chain is
because the people in the trading groups have no time or interest in meeting all the
people who are just fishing for information, and/or who fail to qualify because they
don't have enough money, or have useless bank instruments.

If you're a qualifying client, easterntrust should be able to place you in contact with a
performing trading group. Don't attempt to find a trader on your own: Most so- called
traders in the financial world are not involved in this kind of trading and are not
educated to their existence. Those few traders who are keep a low profile and would
never talk with a client who hasn't been cleared. In fact they cannot until the client
passes the international KYC (Know Your Customer) compliance.

When it comes to cases of non-performance, the problem is usually on the client side.
The client doesn't qualify for a variety of reasons; he doesn't have enough money, the
bank is too small or is located in the wrong country, he cannot move his funds, etc.

Clients should understand what is required to qualify:

• A minimum of $100 Million EURO or USD in cash located in a major bank in

Western Europe, USA, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore or Australia. Additionally,
the money needs to be traceable with a non-criminal history.

• The client, or company if one is represented, should be clearly identified.

• Once cleared, clients are invited to the table, but their acceptance is never
guaranteed, regardless of their assets or prominence.

• The client himself must be the one and only person that the trading group deals
with. He is not allowed to let his lawyer or any other person perform or act on his
 behalf, brokers included. If the client does not speak English and needs assistance,
then he must sign a Limited Power of Attorney for a translator. The LPOA will
only be accepted for communication purposes, and the must still sign all the
documents. Clients who have the least amount of money are always placed last in
the queue. A client with €100M will get more attention than an client with €10M.
Clients who have assets other than cash or AU bullion in a bank vault will also
always be placed last in the queue, if they are accepted at all. Assets other than cash
or gold bullion must be monetized to provide cash for the trading account.

It is difficult for any client to ensure that he meets the right people; those few
facilitator/consultant who know the process and who are working with a performing
trading group. The best he can do is to educate himself and not be lured by those who
claim that their program will give the highest yield. He must also be patient, and trust
the legitimate facilitator or consultant. There is no way that the client will directly
meet with the trade group before he has been-cleared.