00:00The Bureau of Internal Revenue files a criminal complaint against former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, his wife Mayla Reyes Roque,
00:08and Percival Sazon Ortega.
00:10This over alleged tax evasion linked to Biancham Holdings and Trading Incorporated.
00:14The complaint alleges that the three failed to file the required tax returns and pay the corresponding taxes due on
00:20the transfer of shares of stock and on an increase in authorized capital stock.
00:24The BIR estimates a total tax deficiency at more than 3.35 million pesos inclusive of surcharges and interest.
00:32Biancham Holdings and Trading Incorporated is a firm previously owned by Harry Roque and his associates.
00:37It drew attention during probes into illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators, or POGO.
00:42A Senate inquiry later found Roque had a business interest in a house in Tuba, Benguet, where a Chinese fugitive
00:47was arrested.
00:48Roque has been out of the country after he was linked to the POGO controversy.
00:52In a statement, Roque rejects the complaints.
00:55He says the actions are politically motivated and intended to harass individuals associated with the Duterte administration.
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