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Published June 4, 2021, 12:37 PM
Sandiganbayan
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the conviction of former Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Constantino G. Jaraula, businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles, and three others for graft and malversation in the misuse of P28.8 million in Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) in 2007.
Aside from Jaraula and Napoles, also upheld was the conviction of Technology Resource Center (TRC) Group Manager Ma. Rosalinda Masongsong Lacsamana, Legislative Liaison Officer and Sales and Promotion Officer V Belina A. Concepcion, and private individual Mylene T. Encarnacion.
They were sentenced to a prison term ranging from six to 10 years in each of their three graft convictions and were also ordered to indemnify the government in the sum of P28.8 million.
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Jaraula, Napoles, Technology Resource Center (TRC) Group Manager Ma. Rosalinda Masongsong Lacsamana, Legislative Liaison Officer and Sales and Promotion Officer V Belina A. Concepcion, and private individual Mylene T. Encarnacion were found guilty of violating three counts of Section 3(e) of Republic Act No. 3019, the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, and another three counts of Article 217 of the Revised Penal Code or malversation of public funds.
They were all sentenced to a prison term ranging from six to 10 years in each of their graft cases, and imprisonment for each for each count of malversation ranging from 12 years and one day to 18 years, eight months, and one day.