The National Bureau of Investigation will file charges for obstruction of justice against a distributor of luxury cars following the recovery of a P17-million Lamborghini reportedly owned by alleged pyramid scam leader Manuel Amalilio.
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima warned that anyone coddling Pagadian City Mayor Samuel Co who has a pending warrant of arrest for syndicated estafa will also face criminal prosecution.
The month-long crisis in Sabah triggered by the “incursion” by an armed group acting for Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, may have set back the government’s efforts to have alleged pyramid scam leader Manuel Amalilio extradited from Malaysia.
The Department of Justice ordered the filing of syndicated estafa case against Pagadian City Mayor Samuel Co and several others including Aman Futures founder Manuel Amalilio in connection with one of the country’s biggest pyramiding scheme.
The Department of Justice (DoJ) has already organized the body that will handle the extradition and forfeiture of assets of Aman Futures Founder Manuel Amalilio.
Even if there is no certainty when Aman Futures Group head Manuel Amalilio will be back, another complaint for syndicated estafa has been filed against him and other Aman officials in Iligan City.
Pagadian City Mayor Samuel Co insisted anew that he has no involvement in the operations of Aman Futures Investment, the company tagged in the biggest pyramiding scheme in the country.
The Department of Justice (DoJ) asked the Supreme Court to transfer the venue of the court cases filed against Jachob “Coco” Rasuman, the suspected leader of an investment scam group operating in Lanao del Sur.
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima assured on Monday that they will not play politics in resolving the complaint against Pagadian City Mayor Samuel Co, who is running for Congress under the President Benigno Aquino III’s Liberal Party.
One of the accused in the Aman Futures pyramiding scheme wants to become the State witness against the firm’s founder Manuel Amalilio.
Lawmakers on Wednesday told government officials not to cry over the loss of Aman Futures Group head Manuel Amalilio to the Malaysians and instead start prosecuting governors, mayors and other local government officials who were instrumental in luring thousands of their constituents into putting money in the con man’s Ponzi scheme.
The conviction of Aman Futures Group head Manuel Amalilio in Malaysia is not the end of the road for the 15,000 victims of his pyramiding scheme in the country, although there will be a delay, Justice Secretary Leila De Lima said in a statement Wednesday.
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima kept mum on government efforts to bring Aman Futures Group head Manuel Amalilio back to the Philippines but cited media reports as among the reasons why his deportation was prevented by Malaysian authorities.
