The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the filing of multiple counts of malversation and graft charges against Efraim Genuino, the former chairman of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor), and six Pagcor board directors, for the alleged misuse of the agency’s funds.
The Office of the Ombudsman on Thursday ordered the filing of slew of criminal cases against former Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) chairman Efraim Genuino before the Sandiganbayan for misuse of funds.
A senator and a representative have asked the Department of Justice to explain why the three children of former Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) chairman Efraim Genuino were dropped from the plunder, corruption and malversation charges the DOJ filed in the Office of the Ombudsman.
Members of the House committee on good government on Tuesday grilled representatives from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) and Commission on Audit for taking too long in resolving anomalies being linked to Pagcor’s former Chairman Efraim Genuino.
So what if the payoff happened two years after?
Why would a company pay a $5-million bribe two years after getting a provisional license from Philippine regulators?
Former Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) consultant Rodolfo Soriano, who allegedly received a bribe of $5 million from Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada, only received a monthly fee of P1 for his work in 2006.
The former chairman of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor), Efraim Genuino, should brace himself for more legal problems in the next few days.
Three former officials of the state-run Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) and its coffee supplier may be having sleepless nights these days.
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) on Tuesday filed a plunder case against former officials of Pagcor and a coffee concessionaire in connection with the overpriced coffee products sold in five Casino Filipino branches.
His explanation to the media that he returned a Chanel bag meant for his wife and that it was an industry practice to provide free accommodations to visiting gaming executives appears not to be enough.
Kazuo Okada’s Aruze Corp. donated 300 metric tons of rice to typhoon victims in the Philippines in July 2008 through the initiative of then Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) chairman Efraim Genuino.
A witness against former Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) chairman Efraim Genuino and his two sons on Thursday admitted that he was not instructed by the Genuinos to repack and distribute some 3,500 sacks of donated rice to aid the sons’ election campaigns.
