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At least 2,000 people involved in flood scam – Lacson
The Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) estimates that up to 1,200 individuals may be involved in fraudulent flood control projects across the Philippines, with 15 people implicated per ghost project.
However, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson believes the number of people involved is at least 2,000, citing 472 ghost flood control projects inspected by the ICI.
The ICI has mobilized 64 joint military and police teams nationwide to investigate anomalous projects, particularly those linked to notorious contractors.
The commission is awaiting crucial documents from ground teams to further their investigation.
The ICI is recommending plunder, graft, and bribery charges against former speaker Martin Romualdez and resigned Ako Bicol party-list congressman Zaldy Co, whose companies are implicated in ghost projects.
Co has also been ordered arrested by the Sandiganbayan for malversation and graft charges related to a ghost project.
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Quezon City Representatives Marivic Co-Pilar and Patrick Michael Vargas appeared before the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) on Friday to address allegations of a kickback scheme in flood control projects.
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The Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) has asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to issue Immigration Lookout Bulletin Orders (ILBO) against 17 individuals linked to a P289.5 million anomalous flood control project in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro.
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President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. announced that up to eight members of the House of Representatives will face plunder, graft, bribery, and conflict-of-interest charges in connection with a multibillion-peso flood control scandal.
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Seven individuals linked to anomalies in government flood control projects are now under state custody.
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House Majority Leader Sandro Marcos has expressed his willingness to appear before the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) to address its investigation into flood control project anomalies.
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