Office of the Ombudsman
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) turned over to the Bureau of Treasury (BTr) on Tuesday, Sept. 13, a check for P53.6 million and 11 land titles which form part of the forfeited assets of retired Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Maj. Gen. Carlos F. Garcia.
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Sandiganbayan
The Sandiganbayan has denied the motion filed by retired Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Maj. Gen. Carlos F. Garcia to recall the arrest orders against his co-accused family members and reduce the fines and penalties imposed with his plea bargaining agreement.
On July 5,
Sandiganbayan Instead of a prison term ranging from 20 to 40 years for the crime of plunder, retired Maj. Gen. Carlos F. Garcia, former comptroller of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), has been convicted by the Sandiganbayan of a lesser offense of direct bribery with jail term of four t
MANILA - The Sandiganbayan has sentenced former military comptroller, retired Maj. Gen. Carlos F. Garcia, to serve up to 14 years in jail and pay more than PHP407 million on bribery and money laundering-related charges. In its eight-page decision promulgated on July 5 and written by Associate Justice Oscar Herrera Jr., the anti-graft court found Garcia guilty of direct bribery and sentenced him to four to eight years in prison and a fine of PHP406.3 million or three times the value of the gifts he received. The tribunal also sentenced him to four to six years imprisonment and fined him PHP1.5 million for the separate charge of "facilitating money laundering." Garcia had entered into a plea bargaining agreement with the Office of the Ombudsman in 2010 where he agreed to plead guilty to the lesser offense of direct bribery instead of the original charge of plunder and to "facilitating money laundering" instead of money laundering. The charges arose from the wealth he