Pro-forma letters show proof of pork scam forgery
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Digital copies of volumes of documents which were supposedly compiled by whistle-blower Benhur Luy through the years that the pork barrel syndicate of businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles ope-rated and which the Senate Blue Ribbon Com-mittee released to media Wednesday, showed mostly templates of funding requests which were intricately done to prevent detection of coming from one source, with the names of the legislators already provided for either their signature or what Luy had admitted as forgery operations of the staff of Napoles, including him, had undertaken.The files also contained entries with several codenames such as “Bigote,” “Tanda,” “Anak,” “Sexy,” “Dahon,” “Pogi,” “Bonget” and “Big Boy” which supposedly were used to identify their clients who channel their Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) through the different non-government organizations (NGOs) owned by Napoles.
Documents also showed transactions other than the diversion of the PDAF and the Malampaya Funds, with a batch of documents showing what appeared to be transactions involving Department of Agriculture (DA) funds.
For instance a blank solicitation letter of P5 million to former Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap, the wordings were:
“We are taking this opportunity to appeal to your good office to grant us aid of Five Million Pesos (Php5, 000,000.00) to help my agricultural sector survive.
“In these pressing times Mr. Secretary, the farmers are rapidly decreasing; our idle lands are rapidly increasing. If no aid comes along our food production will surely be greatly affected.
“With your help, we can revive in my municipality, the slowly diminishing agricultural sector. Let us bring hope to these farmers who seem to have lost their trust and confidence in our government.
“Hoping for your immediate action on this matter.”
A similar letter supposedly from Sen. Ralph Recto but unsigned and also addressed to Yap stated:
“Since our agricultural industry is one of the major sources of income especially in our provinces, May I humbly ask for an assistance of Five Million Pesos (P5, 000,000.00) to be used in providing funds for the development of our farming production. By these we can help our marginal farmers make their task easier by the help of the aid that will be provided to them.
“Hoping that this request will acquire favorable consideration and attention.”
Several other letters with the same purpose had the names of Senators Rodolfo G. Biazon, Richard J. Gordon, Francis N. Pangilinan, Sergio R. Osmeña, Juan Ponce Enrile, Loi Ejercito Estrada, Cong. Prospero A. Pichay, Jr., Marcelino Libanan, Imelda R. Marcos, Prospero S. Amatong, Rafael Nantes, Cong. Antonino P. Roman, Manuel C. Ortega, and Eduardo K. Veloso.
Another set of letters addressed to former Agrarian Reform Secretary Nasser Pangandaman seeking from P5 million to P10 million in assistance had the unsigned names of Lanao del Norte Rep. Abdullah D. Dimaporo, Compostela Valley Rep. Manuel Zamora, Agusan del Sur Rep. Rodolfo Plaza, La Union Rep. Manuel Ortega, Bataan Rep. Antonino Roman, Quezon Rep. Rafael Nantes, Leyte Rep. Eduardo K. Veloso, Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos, Eastern Samar Rep. Marcelino Libanan, and Surigao Rep. Prospero Pichay.
Other letters supposedly from legislators were addressed to former Agriculture Secretary Domingo Panganiban coming from legislators.
During the Senate inquiries conducted on the Napoles-led scams, implicated senators said they never knew past transactions with Napoles and that the possibility existed that their signatures were forged. The mass production of the letters may point to the mass forging of signatures undertaken by the PDAF syndicate.
The digital files were submitted by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) last Wednesday to the Senate blue ribbon panel, which later furnished the media copies of the files.
Among the contents of the encrypted files were folders marked “deleted files” which showed the names or code names and dates the files were either created or last accessed.
Two entries that read “JLN CLIENTS” were among those files that had been allegedly deleted.
For instance a blank solicitation letter of P5 million to former Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap, the wordings were:
“We are taking this opportunity to appeal to your good office to grant us aid of Five Million Pesos (Php5, 000,000.00) to help my agricultural sector survive.
“In these pressing times Mr. Secretary, the farmers are rapidly decreasing; our idle lands are rapidly increasing. If no aid comes along our food production will surely be greatly affected.
“With your help, we can revive in my municipality, the slowly diminishing agricultural sector. Let us bring hope to these farmers who seem to have lost their trust and confidence in our government.
“Hoping for your immediate action on this matter.”
A similar letter supposedly from Sen. Ralph Recto but unsigned and also addressed to Yap stated:
“Since our agricultural industry is one of the major sources of income especially in our provinces, May I humbly ask for an assistance of Five Million Pesos (P5, 000,000.00) to be used in providing funds for the development of our farming production. By these we can help our marginal farmers make their task easier by the help of the aid that will be provided to them.
“Hoping that this request will acquire favorable consideration and attention.”
Several other letters with the same purpose had the names of Senators Rodolfo G. Biazon, Richard J. Gordon, Francis N. Pangilinan, Sergio R. Osmeña, Juan Ponce Enrile, Loi Ejercito Estrada, Cong. Prospero A. Pichay, Jr., Marcelino Libanan, Imelda R. Marcos, Prospero S. Amatong, Rafael Nantes, Cong. Antonino P. Roman, Manuel C. Ortega, and Eduardo K. Veloso.
Another set of letters addressed to former Agrarian Reform Secretary Nasser Pangandaman seeking from P5 million to P10 million in assistance had the unsigned names of Lanao del Norte Rep. Abdullah D. Dimaporo, Compostela Valley Rep. Manuel Zamora, Agusan del Sur Rep. Rodolfo Plaza, La Union Rep. Manuel Ortega, Bataan Rep. Antonino Roman, Quezon Rep. Rafael Nantes, Leyte Rep. Eduardo K. Veloso, Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos, Eastern Samar Rep. Marcelino Libanan, and Surigao Rep. Prospero Pichay.
Other letters supposedly from legislators were addressed to former Agriculture Secretary Domingo Panganiban coming from legislators.
During the Senate inquiries conducted on the Napoles-led scams, implicated senators said they never knew past transactions with Napoles and that the possibility existed that their signatures were forged. The mass production of the letters may point to the mass forging of signatures undertaken by the PDAF syndicate.
The digital files were submitted by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) last Wednesday to the Senate blue ribbon panel, which later furnished the media copies of the files.
Among the contents of the encrypted files were folders marked “deleted files” which showed the names or code names and dates the files were either created or last accessed.
Two entries that read “JLN CLIENTS” were among those files that had been allegedly deleted.
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