| He allowed P216M case advances from Sept. 20, 1995 to March 5, 1998, the Supreme Court ruling says, paymaster Rosalina Bada-na’s cash advances reached P216 million. And Eustaquio Cesa “failed to prevent it.”(Sunstar file photo) |
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THE Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the suspension of a Cebu City official for the “illegal practice” of granting cash advances to paymasters, making possible the so-called 1998 “paymaster scam.”
Eustaquio Cesa, who currently heads the Cebu City Assessor’s Office, was blamed and investigated for the incident that involved a paymaster running away with some P18.5 million in government money.
The paymaster, Rosalina Badana, remains missing.
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