PH gov't freezes over 100 bank accounts of individuals involved in flood control mess _ ANC

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00:00The Philippine Anti-Money Laundering Council grants the request of the Public Works Chief

00:04to freeze the bank accounts of contractors and officials linked to anomalous anti-flood control projects.

00:11The Council did not divulge the identities of the account owners,

00:15but several prominent names were mentioned by the Public Works Secretary.

00:19Jackie Pascual has tonight's top story.

00:24Acting on a request from DPWA Secretary Vince Dizon,

00:27the Anti-Money Laundering Council has frozen over 100 bank accounts

00:31belonging to current and former officials of the Public Works Department and some private contractors.

00:38The freeze order is in relation to anomalous flood control projects.

00:42The Court of Appeals today granted the freeze order on 135 bank accounts

00:49and 27 insurance policy connected to individuals and corporations

00:54allegedly involved in the irregular flood control projects.

01:00Makasuhan, eventually makulong, pero sinabi din niya

01:08na kailangan maibalik ang pera ng ating mga kababayan, ang pera nating lahat.

01:17In the AMLOC requests, Dizon named 26 DPWH officials and contractors.

01:24Which includes the now infamous BGC boys, Alcantara, Hernandez, Mendoza et al,

01:33but also includes contractors such as Sarah Diskaya of St. Timothy Construction,

01:43Sally Santos of Sims, Mr. Mark Arevalo of Wawwaw.

01:52AMLOC is expected to check for suspicious transactions and how much money are in the frozen accounts.

01:57Aside from AMLOC, the central bank will also conduct its own probe using, for the first time,

02:03the Anti-Financial Accounting Scamming Act or AFASA Law,

02:07which does not require a court order to freeze an account.

02:11The BSP has launched an inquiry into bank accounts of the individuals.

02:16Under the Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act, the investigation focuses on money-mueling activities.

02:22Dizon says more names will be included in the request for a freeze order.

02:27But when asked if lawmakers will be included,

02:30the secretary says he will leave the matter to the independent commission.

02:35Wala tayong sasantuin dito.

02:36But for DPWH, our purview, my purview in particular,

02:42is really to look at within DPWH as well as those who have contracted with DPWH.

02:50Meanwhile, the Transportation Department has filed a case against former DPWH District Engineer Henry Alcantara

02:57and former Assistant District Engineer Bryce Hernandez for using fake driver's licenses to enter a casino.

03:04Hindi naman po nila tinatanggi na ginamit nila ang lisensyang yun.

03:09At yan po ay isang krimen.

03:11May kulong po ito na hindi higit sa anim na taon at a fine,

03:15the amount of 1 million po, that's under the revised penal code.

03:18This is the first time that we are running after yung gumagamit ng lisensya.

03:24They're equally liable under the law.

03:26Jackie Pascual, ABS-CBN News.

03:48Takul, ABS-CBN News.

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