Palace affirms dismissal of Deputy Ombudsman Carandang

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 23:21:10 +0000

Palace affirms dismissal of Deputy Ombudsman Carandang

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang has affirmed with finality the dismissal of Overall Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Carandang over the disclosure of alleged bank transactions of President Rodrigo Duterte and his family that the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) was supposedly investigating, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said on Monday.

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PH a destination for illicit funds — AMLC

Credit to Author: MAYVELIN U. CARABALLO, TMT| Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 08:51:53 +0000

THE country has become a destination of illicit funding from four predicate crimes, including terrorism, according to the latest risk assessment report released by the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) on…READ

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PDEA, AMLC tighten screws vs drug money

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 21:20:27 +0000

Drug traffickers and their financiers may find it more difficult to hide their assets now that the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) have renewed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) that defined their coordinating mechanisms against suspected money laundering by narcosyndicates.

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Bangladesh wants ‘our people’s money’ back; RCBC calls suit ‘a PR campaign’

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 23:26:37 +0000

Bangladesh wants ‘our people’s money’ back; RCBC calls suit ‘a PR campaign’

The central bank of Bangladesh has sued Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) in the United States, seeking damages and the return of $81 million stolen from its account in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 2016.

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2 justices say Bong Revilla made P87.6M unexplained bank deposits

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2018 00:32:49 +0000

Former Senator Ramon ‘Bong’ Revilla Jr. and his immediate family made numerous deposits to various bank accounts and made investments worth P87.6 million within 30 days and yet no explanation was made about the source of the money, two Sandiganbayan justices said in their separate dissenting opinions.

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2 justices lament ‘inconclusive’ AMLC report on Bong Revilla’s P87.6M bank deposits

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2018 00:32:49 +0000

Former Senator Ramon ‘Bong’ Revilla Jr. and his immediate family made numerous deposits to various bank accounts and made investments worth P87.6 million within 30 days and yet no explanation was made about the source of the money, two Sandiganbayan justices said in their separate dissenting opinions.

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Forged ‘Bong’ signature not conclusive; AMLC report showed his ‘burgeoning wealth’

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 23:24:36 +0000

Forged ‘Bong’ signature not conclusive; AMLC report showed his ‘burgeoning wealth’

Had the decision of Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Efren de la Cruz on Bong Revilla’s plunder case prevailed, it would have pointed out that the former senator’s legislative officer Richard Cambe and businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles could not have pocketed any of his pork barrel funds without his participation.

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