Bank Whodunit rubbish
| FRONTLINE |
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
Two things regarding the fake as against the genuine bank documents catch attention, one of which is the marking of “PEP” or “politically exposed persons” on the prosecution’s copy of the alleged dollar deposits of Chief Justice Renato Corona, which is not found on the Phillippine Savings Bank (PSBank)’s original, as testified by the bank president, Pascual Garcia III, when the original and the prosecution’s copy were compared.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas admitted it had conducted a “random” and “regular” examination of the PSBank Katipunan branch sometime in November -December 2010, not the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) although the BSP officers had a BSP anti-money fraud specialist, Jerry Leal, also conducting an investigation, on account of the CJ’s raffle prize of P1 million, which means that the CJ’s account was being targeted. But the BSP claimed that no copies of the CJ’s bank records were done and that what was questioned in the records of the CJ was that of the absence of the notation “PEP” which the BSP said is a must.
Strange then that the prosecution’s copy submitted to the Senate had the marking of “PEP” which was not found in the original document. Intercalation perhaps done on the photocopy? And by either the branch or the AMLC?.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20120222com2.html
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