Staff Reporter :
The Philippines Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday summoned the branch manager of Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) and four others to answer the criminal complaint filed against them by the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) over $81 million cyber heist of Bangladesh Bank (BB).
The summoned people are RCBC branch manager Maia Santos-Deguito, Michael Francisco Cruz, Jessie Christopher Lagrosas, Alfred Santos Vergara and Enrico Teodoro Vasquez, reports Inquirer.net.
Deguito and the others are required to appear before the DOJ on April 12 and 19.
The report, quoting the AMLC, says that Cruz, Lagrosas, Vergara and Vasquez are allegedly fictitious names.
“Under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by law, you are hereby directed to submit your counter-affidavits and other supporting documents or affidavits of your witnesses, if any to be sworn to before me on April 12 and 19, 2016,” the DOJ order released on Friday stated.
Assistant state prosecutor Gilmarie Fe Pacamara warned that failure to comply with the summon shall be considered a waiver of their right to present their defence and the case will be submitted for resolution based on the evidence submitted by the complainant, the report adds.
It also said that Deguito and the others are facing a case for violation of the Anti-Money Laundering Law.
The Philippines Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday summoned the branch manager of Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) and four others to answer the criminal complaint filed against them by the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) over $81 million cyber heist of Bangladesh Bank (BB).
The summoned people are RCBC branch manager Maia Santos-Deguito, Michael Francisco Cruz, Jessie Christopher Lagrosas, Alfred Santos Vergara and Enrico Teodoro Vasquez, reports Inquirer.net.
Deguito and the others are required to appear before the DOJ on April 12 and 19.
The report, quoting the AMLC, says that Cruz, Lagrosas, Vergara and Vasquez are allegedly fictitious names.
“Under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by law, you are hereby directed to submit your counter-affidavits and other supporting documents or affidavits of your witnesses, if any to be sworn to before me on April 12 and 19, 2016,” the DOJ order released on Friday stated.
Assistant state prosecutor Gilmarie Fe Pacamara warned that failure to comply with the summon shall be considered a waiver of their right to present their defence and the case will be submitted for resolution based on the evidence submitted by the complainant, the report adds.
It also said that Deguito and the others are facing a case for violation of the Anti-Money Laundering Law.
