{"id":29133,"date":"2014-10-17T17:19:21","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T09:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=29133"},"modified":"2014-10-28T20:59:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T12:59:00","slug":"revilla-slams-amlc-claims-says-he-earned-his-wealth-from-acting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/10\/17\/revilla-slams-amlc-claims-says-he-earned-his-wealth-from-acting\/","title":{"rendered":"Revilla slams AMLC claims; says he earned his wealth from acting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senators Jinggoy Estrada, Bong Revilla and Juan Ponce Enrile. Photo by Alex Nuevaespa\u00f1a \/ Public Relation and Information Bureau \/ Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA, Philippines \u2013 The recent findings of the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), alleging that Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr. amassed millions of pesos in pork barrel kickbacks have been refuted by the detained senator.<\/p>\n

In a statement sent yesterday from his cell at the Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial Center in Camp Crame, Quezon City, Revilla disputed accusations that he built up for himself stores of ill-gotten wealth\u00a0 from a percentage of monies diverted from his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF or pork barrel) to bogus non-government organizations set-up by pork queen, Janet Lim-Napoles.<\/p>\n

Revilla bashed the AMLC for designating his accounts as \u201cunexplained wealth\u201d and \u201cdeliberately excluding\u201d his legitimate sources of income.<\/p>\n

Last week, Leigh Vhon Santos, an investigator with the AMLC testified before the Sandiganbayan that Revilla closed 20 bank accounts – each containing sums in the millions – in the months directly preceding and succeeding the media explosion of the pork barrel scam, and that there were strong indicators that Revilla had orchestrated a pork money laundering scheme..<\/p>\n

Santos brought forth a 63-page investigative report disclosing the council\u2019s findings of Revilla\u2019s banking affairs, adding that they had \u201cidentified around 20 bank accounts and investments which were terminated in June to September 2013, which was around the time the scandal spread in the media.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cConsidering the foregoing, there are indications of money laundering scheme,\u201d the AMLC report said; as Santos detailed that: “Between April 6, 2006 to April 28, 2010, Revilla and his immediate family made numerous deposits to their various bank accounts and placed investments totaling P87,626,587.63 within 30 days from the dates mentioned in Benhur Luy’s ledger when Revilla, through lawyer Richard Cambe, senior staff of the detained senator, allegedly received commissions of rebates to his PDAF in cash.”<\/p>\n

Revilla \u2013 who claims that he is innocent of the charges set before him \u2013 is one of three senators detained for plunder and graft charges before the Sandiganbayan. The senator and movie actor allegedly received P224 million in kickbacks from his (PDAF) allocations from 2007 to 2009.<\/p>\n

According to Revilla, the money he amassed was from the compensation he received from his blockbuster movies.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything is justified. This P87 million they said I earned in five years\u2026 But Panday alone grossed P100 million. Agimat and Enteng Kabisote earned more than P150 million. Then there\u2019s Idol ko si Kap, Kap\u2019s Amazing Stories, commercials and endorsements,\u201d Revilla said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t need to steal and have never stolen from government,\u201d Revilla said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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