{"id":121202,"date":"2017-10-04T04:03:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T08:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=121202"},"modified":"2017-10-04T04:03:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T08:03:45","slug":"trillanes-palace-bought-bank-records-for-p10-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/04\/trillanes-palace-bought-bank-records-for-p10-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Trillanes: Palace bought bank records for P10 million"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (Photo<\/a>: Senate of the Philippines\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV augmented his accusations against President Rodrigo Roa Duterte by adding information\u00a0on alleged ill-gotten wealth of the chief executive.<\/p>\n

In a privilege speech yesterday, the senator said that a certain Daniel \u201cSnooky\u201d Cruz who pretends to be \u201cwell-connected with the United States embassy\u201d sold P10 million worth of fake documents to Malaca\u00f1ang\u00a0<\/em>Palace that contains information on Trillanes’ alleged offshore bank accounts including one in Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) that Duterte revealed last September 15 in an interview.<\/p>\n

Trillanes alleged that there are also other middlemen who made money during the transaction because Cruz only received almost P3 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cAng aking impormasyon ay binenta niya<\/em> (Cruz) ito ng umaabot ng <\/em>P10 million. Pero ang benta raw <\/em>actually, ang napunta kay <\/em>Mr. Cruz, <\/em>around P3 million. So may kumita na mga <\/em>middlemen. Ewan ko na lang kung sino man yang mga kumita na yan<\/em> [Based on the information that I received, he (Cruz) sold it for almost P10 million. But the profit that actually went to Mr. Cruz was around P3 million. So, there are middlemen who made money here. I just don\u2019t know who they are],\u201d the Senator said.<\/p>\n

Trillanes added that Cruz also claimed that he was a former federal agent who had access to banks \u201call over the world\u201d.<\/p>\n

He revealed that Cruz also provided the fabricated bank records of detained Senator Leila De Lima which was sold to a Cabinet official last year but it was not released because government agencies validated it to be fake.<\/p>\n

According to his unidentified informant, Cruz, who claimed to be a financial forensic expert, altered De Lima\u2019s bank information and offered it again to Malaca\u00f1ang officials.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi pa nadala itong si<\/em> Mr. Snooky Cruz. Pinalitan lang niya yung ibang detalye at binenta ulit sa mga taga-<\/em>Malaca\u00f1ang this time [Mr. Snooky Cruz did not learn. He just changed some details and he sold it again to Malaca\u00f1ang officials],\u201d Trillanes said.<\/p>\n

While showing his and De Lima\u2019s alleged offshore bank records, Trillanes compared the two to be similar except on a few numbers.<\/p>\n

Trillanes said that his alleged bank records were sold on August 31 and showed pictures of Cruz with Duterte, Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa and other PNP officers taken on the same date.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo talagang nahuli natin. Buti na lang, may mga nagmamalakasakit na PMAers diyan sa <\/em>Malaca\u00f1ang na nagbisto kay <\/em>Mr. Cruz at sinabi sa ‘kin yung detalye <\/em>[So they were caught. It is good that there are PMA people in Malaca\u00f1ang who cares and revealed Mr. Cruz and told me the details],\u201d Trillanes said.<\/p>\n

Trillanes told DZMM that the P10 million that was used in buying the documents came from intelligence funds.<\/p>\n

“Malamang galing iyan (P10 million) sa intelligence funds [For sure it came from the intelligence funds],” adding, \u201chindi naman bubunot ang mga iyan sa bulsa nila<\/em> [they will not get money from their own pockets].”<\/p>\n

The lawmaker also reiterated his accusations against Duterte and showed\u00a0 documents that state that the President’s bank accounts that had a total of 2.2 billion from September 2006 to December 2015. He said that the hugest amount transacted was P193 million on October 7, 2013.<\/p>\n

He also named Businessman Sammy Cang Uy \u2013 whom he alleged to be Duterte\u2019s election campaign contributor \u2013 is giving money to Duterte and his family every six months from 2011 to 2013 that totaled to P118 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we were to follow the pattern that every April to October, money amounting to P50 million or P40 million goes to the President\u2019s bank accounts, then it will show that the money comes from (Uy),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Duterte stated that he and his family became millionaires through an inherited wealth from their father, former Davao Governor Vicente Duterte, that was divided among siblings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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