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                    [Title] => Ombudsman asks DOJ to probe 19 sugar traders
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A three-member panel of the Office of the Ombudsman has asked the Department of Justice to investigate 19 sugar trading firms linked to the alleged illegal switching of government-set sugar quotas for crop year 1995-1996.

The recommendation came after a five-year investigation into a P800-million sugar scam at the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA).

The 19 firms were alleged to have unlawfully withdrawn a total of 1,404,882 50-kilogram bags of Class "C" imported sugar from their warehouses for sale in the domestic market, the Ombudsman panel said. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1708612 [AuthorName] => Romel Bagares [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 88229 [Title] => 3 ex-SRA execs, 10 sugar traders face raps [Summary] =>

State prosecutors have recommended the filing of graft charges with various courts against three former top officials of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) and 10 big-time sugar traders who were allegedly involved in the illegal switching of government-set sugar quotas for the local and international markets from 1992 to 1994, The STAR learned yesterday.

Under the alleged anomalous scheme, the sugar traders were said to have pocketed undue profits amounting to some P800 million.

Two other former board officers, two department managers and 23 employees of the SR [DatePublished] => 2000-05-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1708612 [AuthorName] => Romel Bagares [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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                    [Title] => Ombudsman asks DOJ to probe 19 sugar traders
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A three-member panel of the Office of the Ombudsman has asked the Department of Justice to investigate 19 sugar trading firms linked to the alleged illegal switching of government-set sugar quotas for crop year 1995-1996.

The recommendation came after a five-year investigation into a P800-million sugar scam at the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA).

The 19 firms were alleged to have unlawfully withdrawn a total of 1,404,882 50-kilogram bags of Class "C" imported sugar from their warehouses for sale in the domestic market, the Ombudsman panel said. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1708612 [AuthorName] => Romel Bagares [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 88229 [Title] => 3 ex-SRA execs, 10 sugar traders face raps [Summary] =>

State prosecutors have recommended the filing of graft charges with various courts against three former top officials of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) and 10 big-time sugar traders who were allegedly involved in the illegal switching of government-set sugar quotas for the local and international markets from 1992 to 1994, The STAR learned yesterday.

Under the alleged anomalous scheme, the sugar traders were said to have pocketed undue profits amounting to some P800 million.

Two other former board officers, two department managers and 23 employees of the SR [DatePublished] => 2000-05-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1708612 [AuthorName] => Romel Bagares [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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