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Ex-RCBC exec guilty sa pagkakadawit sa Bangladesh cyber heist

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 10 07:02 PM

Guilty ang hatol ng korte sa manager ng RCBC Jupiter branch na dawit sa $81 milyon ninakaw ng mga hacker mula sa New York Federal Reserve ng Bangladesh Central Bank noong 2016.  Read more »

PH must 'lighten' bank secrecy law to fight dirty money: Osmeña

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 10 01:02 PM

Loosening the country's bank secrecy law will help government's crackdown on money laundering, according to a former lawmaker who led an investigation into the $81-million cyber heist on Bangladesh Bank. Read more »

Bangladesh presses PH on raps vs other RCBC officials

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 10 11:51 AM

Maia Santos Deguito was sentenced to 4 to 7 years in prison for each of 8 counts of money laundering and was ordered to pay a fine of $109 million. Read more »

'Scapegoat': Ex-RCBC manager maintained innocence before dirty money verdict

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 10 11:23 AM

Maia Deguito is the only person so far to be convicted in court. Investigations by the Senate and the Department of Justice spanned bank executives, high rollers and government officials. Read more »

Ex-RCBC manager Deguito found guilty of money laundering

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 10 01:24 PM

Deguito was the manager of the RCBC where a portion of the $81 million that was stolen by unknown hackers of Bangladesh Bank were deposited in accounts under fictitious names, based on the Department of Justice investigation. Read more »

Russian tied to Trump Tower meet indicted for money laundering

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 09 05:46 AM

The Russian lawyer whose participation in a June 2016 meeting with top officials of President Donald Trump's election campaign has given rise to allegations of collusion has been indicted in a separate money laundering case, US prosecutors said Tuesday. Read more »

AMLC report sa Revilla plunder case, 'di pinahalagahan' ng Sandiganbayan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 11 03:07 PM

Hindi binigyan ng bigat ng Sandiganbayan ang report ng Anti-Money Laundering Council na may milyon-milyong pisong hindi maipaliwanag na pera na pumasok sa bank accounts ng kaniyang pamilya. Read more »

Money laundering report sa yaman ni Revilla, binalewala ng Sandiganbayan?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 11 03:27 PM

Ipinagtataka ng dating tagapagsalita ng Korte Suprema na tila di binigyang bigat ng Sandiganbayan sa plunder case ni dating senador Ramon "Bong" Revilla ang ulat tungkol sa perang pumasok sa bank account nito.  Read more »

ALAMIN: Bakit tutol ang 2 mahistrado sa plunder acquittal ni Revilla

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 05:39 PM

Napalaya na ng Sandiganbayan noong Biyernes si dating Sen. Bong Revilla pero sa opinyon ng dalawang mahistrado, guilty dapat ang naging hatol sa kaniya. Read more »

Bakit bawal magbitbit ng malaking halaga ng pera sa biyahe?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 05 04:50 PM

Bakit nga ba kinakailangang ideklara sa mga paliparan kung magdadala ka ng malaking halaga sa iyong biyahe?    Read more »

Duterte orders adoption of national anti-money laundering strategy

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 21 02:10 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order on the adoption of a national strategy on anti-money laundering and countering terrorism financing, a document released by the Palace on Wednesday showed. Read more »

Former El Salvador president sentenced to 10 years in prison

Reuters
Posted at Sep 13 08:51 AM

An El Salvador tribunal sentenced former President Antonio Saca to 10 years in prison on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to embezzlement and money laundering charges involving more than $300 million of public funds.  Read more »

SEC mulls arming officers investigating money laundering, terrorist financing

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 09 11:34 PM

The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering arming its enforcement officers who investigate money laundering and terrorist financing operations.  Read more »

Former El Salvador president pleads guilty to money laundering

Nelson Renteria, Reuters
Posted at Aug 08 06:31 AM

Former El Salvadoran President Antonio Saca pleaded guilty in court to embezzlement and money laundering involving more than USD 300 million during his government, his lawyer said on Tuesday, as Saca sought to reduce his prison sentence. Read more »

Jeane Napoles, nakalabas ng bansa bago ang US indictment

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 04:14 AM

Hinihintay ng DOJ na mahatulang guilty si Janet Lim-Napoles at iba pa sa kasong kriminal na kinakaharap nila sa US bago simulan ang proseso sa pagbawi sa kanilang assets. Read more »

US gov't seizes real estate assets linked to Napoles family

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 11:57 PM

The United States government has seized four real estate assets linked to the family of Janet Lim Napoles—the alleged architect of the pork barrel scam in the Philippines. Read more »

Jeane Napoles has left Philippines: DOJ

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 03 05:42 PM

Jeane Napoles, who was indicted by a US grand jury for conspiracy to commit domestic and international money laundering, left the country last week, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Friday. Read more »

Benhur Luy, umaming nagpadala ng pera sa US accounts ni Napoles

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 02 09:41 PM

Tumangging magkomento si Benhur Luy at ang kaniyang abogado sa posibilidad na tumestigo si Luy sa Amerika matapos makasuhan doon sina Janet Lim Napoles dahil sa money laundering. Read more »

Napoles kin may be extradited to US: DOJ

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 02 05:26 PM

Relatives of detained businesswoman and alleged ‘pork barrel’ scam architect Janet Lim Napoles may be extradited to the United States, provided that they are not facing charges in the Philippines, said Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Thursday. Read more »

'Ipinuslit na pera ng mga Napoles sa US, pinambili ng mga kotse, ari-arian'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 01 07:33 PM

Bukod sa real estate, ginamit din ng pamilya Napoles ang pera para bumili ng dalawang mamahaling sasakyan, shares sa dalawang negosyo, at pantustos sa marangyang pamumuhay nila sa Amerika. Read more »