The Sandiganbayan has convicted businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles and former Davao del Norte Rep. Arrel Olaño of misuse in 2007 of the latter’s PDAF, or “pork barrel,” worth P7.7 million. | dempseyreyesINQ /PDI
Furthermore, all the accused were sentenced to additional prison terms ranging from a period of six to 12 years to a period of 10 to 16 years for each count of their malversation convictions.
The Second Division said the former lawmaker “exercised control” over the release of his PDAF to Cared and PSDFI, two supposed nongovernmental organizations headed by Napoles which turned out to be bogus entities. Luy, a second cousin of Napoles and her finance officer, became the whistleblower of the multibillion-peso pork barrel scam first exposed by the Inquirer in 2013.The court also cited a special audit which found the PDAF-financed transactions “irregular and illegal.”
Based on its charge sheet filed in 2016, the Office of the Ombudsman said Olaño’s PDAF amounted to more than P7 million and was funneled through PSDFI and Cared, using TRC as the “implementing agency” for livelihood projects.The funds were supposedly intended for livelihood projects, financial assistance, farm implements and training in barangays in the first district of Davao del Norte. Investigators later found that the projects did not exist.
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