Corona has $12 million in “fresh deposits” in various banks, Carpio-Morales said Monday. This is aside from the $10 million Carpio-Morales said Corona had maintained in 82 accounts in five banks and where he had made deposits and withdrawals “on very significant dates,” including the 2004 and 2010 elections, and on December 11, 2011, the day he was impeached by the House of Representatives.
i was fascinated by the huge amounts, and puzzled by the movement of funds, in and out, in and out, and i wondered “aloud” via facebook and twitter what that was all about, why move money around in different accounts that are all under his name anyway. obviously it wasn’t to hide the money, because then he would have put it in the names of other people or aliases ala jose velarde.
no one had an answer on twitter, though one said it was indeed “very weird.” but on facebook a friend seems to have figured it out:
he was trading his US dollars in the dollar trading market. Interest in FCDU deposits are extremely low. I wonder who was busy trading his accounts, or was he doing it himself on his spare time? … on just the transaction flows I estimate he lost about $2M over the years — which should reflect the general FC market trend of the same period. I hope some traders will be available to confirm these speculations.
now i want to know where those dollar deposits that coincided with “signfiicant events” came from. unless the ombudsman’s testimony was indeed all a ‘lantern of lies,’ as the chief justice insists.
Morales noted that there were significant transactions made during significant dates, particularly in 2004 and 2007, which were election years, and during the week Corona was impeached. She said $418,193.32 in time deposit was withdrawn when Corona was impeached, and $417,978.80 was transferred to a regular trust fund.
“We will debunk all her bloated numbers. And once she is proven wrong, I urge her to immediately resign from her post for allowing herself to be used by this Administration and making a laughingstock of government auditing,” Corona said.
“bloated,” hmm. so, less than bloated would be acceptable? the lantern metaphor, though, is intriguing. around here, lanterns are usually more decorative than illuminating.
Bloated means there really are dollar accounts. It doesn’t matter how much, the bottom line is they exist and Corona didn’t declare them in his SALN. The senators would now decide if such an obvious misdeclaration constitue betrayal of public trust, hence impeachable, or not.
Carpio-Morales and Mendoza have impeccable reputations, I don’t think they would risk their names on a bogus AMLC report. Clearly, Corona thought the Ombudsmnan was bluffing, but she clearly was not. Wrote about it here: http://thenutbox.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/coronas-gamble/ It would seem that Corona’s gamble may have failed.
corona thought the ombudsman was bluffing… that wasn’t very smart of him. unless he has some ace up his sleeve.
Corona thought the TRO on the Senate was enough. He overlooked the Ombudsman who could activate the AMLA which was not covered by the TRO. Kaya ang lakas ng loob niyang sabihin na walang batayan yun $10M sa accounts niya. Kaya ang lakas din ng loob ng mga abogado niya na tawagin si Carpio Morales para mag testify. Kala nila na walang maipapakita si Morales and that would destroy her reputation for good, meaning in the future pag naghabla siya ng kaso against others with the GMA cabal, wala ng maniniwala sa kanya. Kaya naman nangalay na ang brazo ni Morales sa kawawagayway nung 17 page report eh dinededma ni Cuevas. Di niya akalain na isasampal sa kanya yun. Ngayon ang magagawa na lang nila ay kwestyonin na nila ang pagtanggap ng korte sa report na pinresenta ni Morales. Well sa mga abogado pwede yun linyang striken off the record. Pero sa intellihenteng tao na nakita at nadinig na ang ebidensiya ang reaction sa ganyang klaseng legal maneuver ay “Ano kayo baliw?”
so yun na yon. nagkamali si corona. sabit na. my dream scenario is, he tells all, and he names names, takes down as many as he can along with him. farfetched?
Far-fetched. Hangga’t pwede pang limusot, lulusot yan. Mas posible pa na mag-harap siya ng isang kapatid na aangkin nung pera, a la Iggy Arroyo.
Yan ang tinawag nating “Tuso man daw ang matsing, napaglalamangan din”. Lol… I was also afraid that he will do an “iggy” by asking a brother to own this dollar account but, the accounts are under his name so he cannot evade ownership, unless he produces a syncronized contract of assignment or deed of assignment between a third party which is a legal “palusot”. Anyway, its exposed so no need to prove.
the nutbox: An Ombudsman with balls
http://thenutbox.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/an-ombudsman-with-balls/
Thanks, Angela!