The ex-congressman and two others are facing imprisonment of 96 to 151 years for defrauding the government.
The anti-graft court Sandiganbayan has convicted a former congressman from Bukidnon and two others for eight counts of graft and four counts of malversation of public funds due to bogus purchases using more than P30 million in Priority Development Assistance Fund .
The three were also ordered to pay fines totaling P69.7 million and a civil indemnity of P32.8 million. The decision, contained in a 77-page ruling signed on April 14 by Associate Justice Oscar Herrera Jr., the Sandiganbayan’s 2nd Division chairperson, found that that three were responsible for funneling PDAF sums amounting to P16 million, P8 million, P4.8 million, and P4 million into FDC through TRC as a conduit.
The court found that official receipts from Felta Multi-Media Incorporated, a supplier of instructional materials, science equipment, and educational mobile devices, were used to make it appear that there were actual procurements of training kits paid for using Pancrudo’s PDAF.
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