Former Davao del Norte lawmaker Arrel Olaño, Janet Lim-Napoles, and several others have been found guilty of graft and malversation of public funds in connection with the multibillion-peso pork barrel scam.
The ruling by the Sandiganbayan coincided with the announcement by the anti-graft court that Palawan 3rd District Rep Edward Hagedorn faces two to seven years imprisonment after he was found guilty of malversation of public property.
The Sandiganbayan Second Division in a ruling also released Friday said Olaño, Napoles, former Technology Resource Center group manager Maria Rosalinda Lacsamana, Countrywide Agri and Rural Economic Development Foundation, Inc. president Mylene Encarnacion, and Philippine Social Development Foundation, Inc. chief Evelyn De Leon, violated Section 3 of Republic Act 3019, or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.
‘There was no actual implementation of government projects. Therewere some instances of under-delivery of goods, but essentially, these were ‘ghost ‘ or non-existent projects. The liquidation of public funds was therefore made up,” it added. The anti-graft court also noted that Olaño got commissions from Napoles.
Hagedorn’s malversation case stemmed from a complaint filed in 2016 by his then archrival, former Puerto Princesa mayor Lucio Bayron, who claimed out of 20 refurbished M-16 rifles issued to and received by Hagedorn as city mayor, only six were returned at the end of his term in 2013.
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