Philrem messenger finally shows up at money laundering probe

The messenger of a remittance company which was allegedly involved in the $81-million money laundering scheme finally showed up  in the ongoing Senate investigation on the issue.

Mark Palmares, messenger of Philrem Service Corporation, had been repeatedly invited in the past hearings of the Senate blue ribbon subcommittee but he did not show up.

It was Philrem president Salud Bautista, who mentioned the name of Palmares during the past hearings. She told the committee that the messenger was with her when she delivered the first tranche of the funds to a certain Weikang Xu at Solaire Resort and Casino.

The delivery of funds, Salud said, was supposedly upon the instruction of former Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) branch manager Maia Santos-Deguito.

Salud and Deguito were  among those present during  Tuesday’s hearing.

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