00:00And, uh, lumalabas na at least isa doon ay posibleng sangkot sa money laundering activities.
00:09Salamat po, Mr. Presiding Officer.
00:11Magandang hapon po, Attorney Ann.
00:13Magandang hapon po, Ma'am. Your Honor.
00:16Base po sa records ng BIR, magkano po yung total sales ng Kale 88 mula 2021 hanggang 2025?
00:28Ang total sales po ay, based po sa BIR records, may total sales po na 208,493,545 pesos po.
00:38Okay, 208 million pesos plus.
00:42Sabi naman po kasi ng Anti-Money Laundering Council, 776 million pesos ang inflows sa Kale 88.
00:53At least na may covered transaction reports at saka suspicious transaction reports.
01:00Yun lang naman yung mga in-report sa AMLOC.
01:03So, of course, posibleng may lampas pa doon, iba pang perang pumasok.
01:08Ini-investigahan na po ba ng BIR yung mga inflows na yun?
01:13Yung mga na-cover ng covered at suspicious transaction reports?
01:21Ang kasama po kasi sa checklist ng Letters of Authority, meron pong specific documents.
01:29And yung bank records po is not one of them since it is covered by bank secrecy.
01:38But if the taxpayer po voluntarily shows or submits such documents to the BIR,
01:45dun po nga yun makikita kung ano po yung mga inflows na yun, ma'am.
01:51So, pero kung yung account holder na malamang hindi alam or supposed to be hindi alam
01:58kung nagkaroon ng covered transaction report or suspicious transaction report,
02:03ang anumang transaction niya, ay hindi mag-voluntaryo,
02:07is there no other way or is there a way na mapag-alaman pa rin ng BIR yung findings ng
02:13AMLOC
02:13at ma-investigahan ito or wala?
02:15Ang alam ko po ay meron pong coordination ang BIR and AMLOC
02:23to deter yung mga violating taxpayers on that.
02:29So, may ganun pong coordination po.
02:31Alright po.
02:33Kaya ko po itinatanong ito ay dahil nireview din po ng opisina ko
02:40yung ibang foreign-based companies na nagpadala ng pera sa Kali 88,
02:46maliban doon sa mga nakabase sa China.
02:50So, ito po yung CTRs and STRs from other countries na kinal ng Court Secretariat
02:56ayon doon sa motion or request ni Senator Judge Miggs.
03:00And lumalabas na at least isa doon ay posibleng sangkot sa money laundering activities.
03:08Dito po sa country Ukraine, the Kali 88 list of foreign transactions identifies a Ukrainian remitter
03:18by the name of Arkmen LLC using registration number 414-23-974.
03:26The address stated in the list is Zoryana 3A, Ceboliv, Ukraine.
03:32May mga earlier transactions po na nagre-refer sa Hagarina Street 30
03:37pero na-confirm naman po namin na parehong address po yun.
03:42Lumang pangalan lang nung Kaliya yung Hagarina, bagong pangalan yung
03:47winding up this first question, Mr. Presiding Officer, yung Zoryana.
03:51Pero basically, parehong address to.
03:53At itong registration number 414-23-974
03:57at yung address Zoryana 30A
04:00ay nagkocorespond sa isang kumpanya
04:03involved sa isang criminal proceeding
04:06na binuksan po nung May 19, 2025
04:09para sa fraud and money laundering
04:13kaugnay ng 1.225 million euros.
04:18Nung March 2026,
04:21yung Pechersky District Court of Kiev
04:25ordered a search of ARC Men's premises
04:28and in April 2026
04:31ordered a freeze of the suspect's 100% shareholding in ARC Men.
04:38At yung huling inward remittance po
04:40nitong ARC Men LLC sa Kali 88
04:43ay nung May 30, 2025
04:46na pagkatapos na po ng Pecha
04:48ng pagsisimula ng criminal proceeding.
04:51So yung huling tanong ko sa round na ito sa inyo,
04:53attorney Anne,
04:55kung sabi natin may mga lehitimong transaksyon naman
04:58sa likod ng mga international remittances na ito
05:02sa pagitan ng ARC Men LLC at saka Kali 88,
05:05tama po ba dapat na nireport yan
05:08bilang sales ng Kali 88
05:10at dapat pinagbayara nila ng tax?
05:13Kung ito po ay sales po,
05:18then it should have been reported po
05:20in the annual income tax return po.
05:23Alright.
05:24And kung sakaling
05:26yung coordination na binanggit nyo kanina
05:28sa pagitan ng BIR at AMLOC
05:32ay either iniinvestigan na ito,
05:35maaaring,
05:37maaaring,
05:38yun yung isang tatanungin
05:40kung nareport na nga po yung
05:41ganitong mga sales.
05:43Yes, for your honor.
05:44We'll take note of that.
05:46Salamat po, attorney Anne.
05:47Salamat po, attorney Anne.
