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Did the anti-money laundering police drop the ball?

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It was around this time last year when Malacañang accepted the resignation of two Monetary Board members who got embroiled in an unprecedented ghost employee scandal at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.

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It was around this time last year when Malacañang accepted the resignation of two Monetary Board members who got embroiled in an unprecedented ghost employee scandal at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.

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