SYNDICATED ESTAFA FILED AGAINST EX- MALOLOS POLICE CHIEF DISMISSED

CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan: The former chief of police of this city Col. Manuel Lukban and two other officers, LtCol. Henry Biñas and retired colonel Raul Supiter together with 11 other Philippine National Police personnel were dismissed from the Syndicated Estafa case, filed against them by personnel of Police Regional Office 12 ( PRO12) as directed by then- retired general Eliseo Rasco, former regional director of PRO12. Col. Lukban said they received the eight- page dismissal order on Friday, issued by the City Prosecution Office of General Santos City, signed by City Prosecutor Melvn Lamata for the syndicated estafa case, filed against him and other Police officers. “Lack of probable cause and gross insufficiency of evidence kaya hindi nag- prosper ‘ yung kaso laban sa amin ( that’s why the case against us didn’t prosper),” Lukban said. It may be recalled Lukban’s legal counsel, lawyer Nena Santos, said in March 2019 that the said police officers were sacked over an alleged P2 billion PPM investment scam. The syndicated estafa case filed by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group against Mark George Naval, actual founder/proprietor of Planpromatrix Co., and his staff involved in the pyramiding scam were found with probable cause by the prosecution, resulting in the formal charge of five counts of syndicated estafa against them. They were issued warrants of arrest with no bail on March 4. Evidence submitted at the Office of Prosecutors also identified other Police officers, particularly Maj. Michael Elopre and Cpl. Jeanette Credo Dosdos, who amassed millions of pesos as their payouts and not the three officers earlier subjected for investigation. However, Cpl. Dosdos, who was mentioned also in the text message, was freed from any charges since she was excluded by Rasco. Relatedly, due to this investment scam, a certain Pat. Joy Kristine Rojas was missing up to now. The recorded conversation revealed that Rasco threatened to kill Rojas if she would not give false testimonies about the scam.