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Agents of the NBI’s Anti-Graft Division arrested Faustino Chingkoe, chairman of the board of directors of the Chingkoe Group of Companies, who is accused of defrauding the government of P2.54 billion by using fraudulent documents to claim tax credits.


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Ombudsman orders dismissal of 14 DOF execs in tax scam

By Michael Punongbayan | March 24, 2012 - 12:00am

Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales yesterday ordered the dismissal from government service of 13 officials of the Department of Finance (DOF) for defrauding the government of more than P82 million through a series...

Headlines

Government appeals Sandigan ruling on tax credit certificate scam

By Edu Punay | March 26, 2011 - 12:00am

The government has appealed before the Supreme Court a recent decision of the Sandiganbayan junking a plunder case against former Department of Finance (DOF) officials and textile traders Faustino and Gloria...

Business

OSP to appeal Sandiganbayan ruling on plunder case vs DOF executives

By Michael Punongbayan | March 12, 2011 - 12:00am

 The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) will seek a reversal of a Sandiganbayan decision clearing former Department of Finance (DOF) officials and owners of a textile company of plunder charges.

Headlines

DOF officials cleared in P73-M tax scam

By Michael Punongbayan | March 11, 2011 - 12:00am

More than a dozen officials of the Department of Finance (DOF) and four private individuals were cleared of plunder charges related to the P73.76-million tax credit scam more than a decade ago.

Headlines

Sandigan pressed to recall arrest order vs couple in tax credit case

By Michael Punongbayan | October 22, 2010 - 12:00am

Two private respondents in a P73-million tax credit scam plunder case against former Finance Undersecretary Antonio Belicena and several other government officials pressed the Sandiganbayan First Division yesterday...

Business

'Accused in tax credit scam feigning illness'

May 13, 2009 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - Prosecutors of the Office of the Ombudsman accused yesterday businessman Faustino Chingkoe, the alleged brains behind the Tax Credit Scam of 1994, of feigning illness to justify his continued...

Headlines

Sandiganbayan orders arrest of ex-finance undersecretary

April 15, 2009 - 12:00am

The Sandiganbayan ordered yesterday the arrest of former Finance undersecretary Antonio Belicena and six other individuals who are facing plunder charges for allegedly defrauding the government of more than P73.76...

Headlines

23 finance officials, others charged with plunder

By Michael Punongbayan | March 20, 2009 - 12:00am

Twenty-three finance department officials and private individuals will be charged with plunder before the Sandiganbayan by the Office of the Ombudsman more than a decade after allegedly defrauding the government...

Headlines

Prosecution team in tax credit scam replaced

By Edu Punay | August 8, 2008 - 12:00am

The Office of the Ombudsman has replaced the prosecution panel handling cases involving the multimillion-peso tax credit scam filed against former officials of the Department of Finance at the Sandiganbayan.

Headlines

Trader in P5.3-B tax scam arrested

By Mike Frialde | October 18, 2002 - 12:00am

The principal suspect in the P5.3-billion Department of Finance (DOF) tax credit certificate scam was arrested by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Quezon City yesterday. Agents of the NBI’s...

Headlines