Thursday, October 23, 2008
Dela Paz faces laundering case in Russia (2:20 p.m.)
PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) comptroller Eliseo de la Paz is now facing a money laundering case in Russia.
This is after he was discovered to have unauthorized and undeclared 105,000 euros -- or P6.9 million -- in his possession at the Moscow airport, coming from an Interpol conference.
In a Senate hearing Thursday, it was disclosed that the money is still being held by Russian authorities, as confirmed by PNP chief Jesus Versoza.
Also in the hearing, it was announced that de la Paz is already on his own in explaining where he obtained the amount, as Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno and Versoza only authorized P2.3 million pesos in PNP funds to be given to de la Paz. (Sunnex) |
