The Sandiganbayan on Friday found former Bukidnon lawmaker Candido Pancrudo Jr. and two others guilty of multiple counts of graft, malversation of public funds, and malversation of public funds via falsification of public documents.
The case involved the disbursement of P36.9 million worth of pork barrel funds for training and livelihood seminars that turned out to be ghost projects.
The three were charged for the release of Pancrudo's P36.9 million Priority Development Assistance Fund — the official name of pork barrel — in 2007 to 2008 supposedly to finance training and livelihood seminars, as well as to purchase training kits for Pancrudo's constituents. Both, however, turned out to be ghost projects.
The Sandiganbayan sentenced Pancrudo, Lacsamana and Labay to six to eight years in prison and perpetual disqualification from public office for each of the convictions on eight counts of graft charges. This jail time is on top of the P36.9 million civil liability that the court imposed on Pancrudo, Lacsamana and Labay, payable to the Bureau of Treasury.
14 to 18 years jail time, P4.8 million fine and P4.8 million civil liability for case number SB-17-CRM-210510 to 16 years jail time, P4 million fine and P4 million civil liability for SB-17-CRM-2107 Likewise, the anti-graft court set the following different amounts of civil liability for their conviction on four counts of malversation of public funds via falsification of public documents:P500,000 per individual for SB-17-CRM-2110The three refused to be interviewed regarding their conviction, but their lawyers told the court that they will appeal the decision.
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