00:00Let's start our discussion with an update from the Department of Justice.
00:04Good afternoon, Usec Marge.
00:06Good afternoon to you, Dale.
00:08Usec, regarding the tax evasion case that DOJ filed against a cosmetics company,
00:13what are the consequences of this from your investigation?
00:18Asic, Dale, several criminal cases were filed by DOJ against a cosmetics company
00:24due to the lack of proper tax returns.
00:28DOJ filed four tax evasion cases against the Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 33
00:35against the company and its officials.
00:39This is a part of the Bureau of Internal Revenue run after a fake transactions program
00:46to fight the spread of fake receipts.
00:49According to the report,
00:50the company used fake receipts to file overstated expenses
00:56of up to Php 1,000,000 to lower their taxable income.
01:02This is from the case that the BIR filed against DOJ on February 1, 2024
01:07under the leadership of Commissioner Romeo Lumague Jr.
01:10and it is expected that the arrest warrants against the accused will be released in the near future.
01:17Usec, in other words, what are the details of the joint operation of the NBI and DOJ
01:22in arresting a lawyer who has multiple cases?
01:26Asic, Dale, a pedophile lawyer in Sabuanga City was arrested
01:30in the joint operation of the Department of Justice,
01:33Office of Cybercrime, and National Bureau of Investigation.
01:37The suspect, Michael P. Molina, was identified
01:40who, aside from being a lawyer,
01:43is also a certified public accountant and active real estate agent.
01:47Molina's modus operandi in a cyber surveillance and intelligence operations
01:52where three minors were rescued from him.
01:56He was also accompanied by gadgets used in the crime
01:59that showed that in the year 2002,
02:01he was already collecting pornographic materials
02:04and he was young when he was victimized.
02:07There were six minors who were victimized by the suspect
02:10when the operation was successful
02:12with the help of the National Center Against Osaic,
02:16NCSA-EM, Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission,
02:20DSWD, and the non-government organization of Exodus Philippines.
02:25Now, the DSWD is in custody of the minors
02:29while the suspect is investigating the cases.
02:35Thank you very much, Usec Marge, for the updates from the Department of Justice.
