DOJ recommends charges against clerk Lagman for P6M bribery

DOJ prosecutors have recommended filing criminal charges against Pasay City Regional Trial Court Branch 108 acting branch clerk of court Mariejoy Lagman for alleged bribery.

Lagman was indicted on counts of direct bribery under Article 210 of the Revised Penal Code, violation of Section 3(b) of RA No. 3019, and violation of Section 7(d) of RA 6713.

The NBI arrested Lagman in an entrapment operation after she received P6 million from a litigant for a favorable judgment in a pending civil case.

Both Lagman and Presiding Judge Albert Cansino were preventively suspended by the Supreme Court to facilitate an unimpeded inquiry into their roles in accepting the bribe.

The NBI investigation is ongoing, with forensic examination of seized communication devices to further probe the alleged bribery.