Topic: perjury

Fake Paris attacks victim jailed for 6 months

Fake Paris attacks victim jailed for 6 months

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 02 06:00 AM

A man who claimed to have survived the 2015 massacre at the Bataclan theatre in Paris, describing his brush with death in vivid detail though he was nowhere near the scene, was sentenced to six months in jail on Friday. Read more »

Sandiganbayan sends ex-CIDG chief Matillano to jail for perjury

Sandiganbayan sends ex-CIDG chief Matillano to jail for perjury

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 01:19 PM

The Sandiganbayan 2nd Division has sent former Philippine National Police (PNP) Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) chief Eduardo Matillano to prison after pleading guilty to perjury and other charges over failed disclosures in his statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN).    Read more »

5 'rent-sangla' complainants may face perjury charges

5 'rent-sangla' complainants may face perjury charges

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 31 08:40 PM

Five alleged victims of the so-called car "rent-sangla" scam withdrew their complaints against the alleged culprits in the reportedly widespread modus during Friday's second preliminary investigation hearing at the Department of Justice (DOJ) on several complaints for large-scale estafa.  Read more »

Hagedorn posts bail for graft, perjury charges

Hagedorn posts bail for graft, perjury charges

Carolyn Bonquin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 27 04:21 PM

Former Puerto Princesa City mayor Edward Hagedorn on Monday posted P180,000 bail for his graft, perjury and breach of conduct cases before the Sandiganbayan over his undeclared wealth. Read more »

Lawmakers slam Yasay for 'lying under oath'

Lawmakers slam Yasay for 'lying under oath'

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 07 03:31 PM

MANILA - Administration critics on Tuesday said Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. is no longer fit to be a member of the Duterte Cabinet after he supposedly lied under oath about his citizenship. Read more »

Yasay may be held liable for perjury: Lacson

Yasay may be held liable for perjury: Lacson

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 28 04:59 PM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. could face perjury charges if it was proven he lied under oath during a Commission on Appointments (CA) hearing, where he claimed he was never an American citizen.  Read more »

Aguirre: I have nothing to hide

Aguirre: I have nothing to hide

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 13 03:22 PM

MANILA -Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II is ready to face charges his predecessor, Senator Leila De Lima, is set to file with the Office of the Ombudsman for linking her to the illegal drug trade inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP). Read more »

Ex-RCBC branch manager Deguito arrested

Ex-RCBC branch manager Deguito arrested

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 17 10:10 PM

MANILA - Maia Deguito, the former branch manager of Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) tagged in the $81-million money laundering scandal, was arrested on Wednesday for perjury, police said. Read more »

Sandigan acquits Acosta of perjury

Sandigan acquits Acosta of perjury

Carolyn Bonquin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 27 05:05 PM

MANILA - The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division has acquitted Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) General Manager Nereus Acosta of perjury in connection with his alleged pork barrel misuse when he was a district representative of Bukidnon province in 2006. Read more »

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