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JANET LIM NAPOLES(Priority Development Assistance Fund Scam
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Janet !Jenny! Luy Lim"Napoles(born January 15, 1964)
is a businesswoman who isbelieved to have mastermindedthe Priority Development
ssistan!e "und #!am$
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#usiness career and$overnment involvement
%apoles& business interests date ba!' to theearly 199s$ n 199*, she soli!ited +orinvestments in a shipyard in ebu promisin-
5. interest on all investments$ t was laterdis!overed that the money was not investedin the shipyard/ a!!ordin- to ol$ riel0uerubn, who was a +riend o+ the %apoles
+amily, the money they had invested in theshipyard was reportedly invested elsewhere,with %apoles po!'etin- the interest$ 2hile theinvestment was eventually re!overed,0uerubn !laims the investment led to the
death o+ his 3rst wi+e$
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n 1, %apoles and her husband were
impli!ated in the a!uisition bythe rmed "or!es o+ the Philippineso+*$7 million worth o+ substandard 8evlarhelmets, and were !har-ed with -ra+t and
malversation o+ publi! +unds bythe #andi-anbayan (people&s spe!ialtribunal)$ 2hile her husband was dropped+rom the list o+ de+endants in , Janet
%apoles stood trial, and was a!uitted on!tober 7, 1 +or la!' o+ eviden!e$
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n 1* it was revealed that Janet%apoles&s J:% orporation hadpaid si-ni3!antly less ta;es thanthe avera-e lo!al publi! s!hool
tea!her$
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PDAF Scam%apoles has been lin'ed with an
alle-ed misuse o+ the Priority
Development ssistan!e "und,to-ether with Philippine#enators >on-
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>a!'-round
@he %> investi-ation started with the res!ueo+ >enhur :uy by %> a-ents +rom enhurwas apparently bein- held by %apoles in order
to prevent him +rom !omin- out and e;posin-what he 'nows about the PD" #!amoperation bein- !ondu!ted by %apoles throu-hthe J:% Broup o+ !ompanies and +a'e %Bs$>enhur had 'nowled-e o+ this operation as a
trusted employee and relative o+ %apoles$>e!ause o+ >enhurAs revelations, the %>!ondu!ted an investi-ation on the %apolesPD" #!am perations$
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#our!es o+ ?viden!e
Durin- the !ourse o+ the investi-ation,the %> was able to -ather its eviden!e+rom the +ollowin- sour!es/
1$ @he testimonies and do!umentary
eviden!e o+ the whistleblowers whoare +ormer employees o+ J:% led by>enhurC
$ Do!uments -athered +rom the ,
D>, #?, and mplementin--en!ies o+ the PD" proEe!ts su!h as#pe!ial llotment
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proEe!t pro3les, inspe!tion anda!!eptan!e reports, disbursementreports, disbursement vou!hers,a!!omplishment reportsCa!'nowled-ement re!eipts, deliveryreports, !erti3!ates o+ a!!eptan!e,photo!opy o+ !he!'s issues by %Bs,oF!ial re!eipts issued by %BsC and
*$ #pe!ial udit
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odus perandi
"rom this eviden!e, the %> !ame out witha detailed pi!ture o+ the modus operandiused by %apoles in order to !orner a hu-eshare o+ the :awma'ersA PD" allo!ation$
@he s!heme starts with an a-reementbetween %apoles and the :awma'er wherethe latter promises to desi-nate %apolesA%Bs as the re!ipient o+ his PD" +und +or
purposes o+ supposedly implementin-proEe!ts authoriGed in the D> menu o+proEe!ts that !an be 3nan!ed with the useo+ the :awma'ersA PD"$
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n e;!han-e +or sele!tin- the %apoles %B, the:awma'er in turn will re!eive +rom %apoles 4=
6. o+ the !ash value o+ the proEe!t as 'i!'ba!'$@he :awma'er 3rst submits a list o+ proEe!ts tothe D>$ @he D> in turn issues a #
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lon- the way, the 'i!'ba!' o+ the :awma'eris already paid in advan!e, 3rst upon
submission o+ the proEe!t list to D>, se!ondupon release o+ the #
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"avorin- %apoles %Bs
@he 1 %Bs used as !onduits+or the s!am were ordered to bein!orporated by %apoles throu-h
employees and other individualsasso!iated with her su!h asrelatives, house helps and
drivers$ @hese %Bs haveinterlo!'in- in!orporators,!ommon auditors, and notaries
publi! in their #? do!uments$
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@he proEe!ts are awarded to these %Bs bythe implementin- a-en!ies as endorsed by
the :awma'ers without any !orrespondin-appropriation law or publi! !ompetitivebiddin-, in violation o+ -overnmentpro!urement rules$ @he %apoles %Bs arenot even shown as uali3ed to bid +or-overnment proEe!ts !ostin- millions o+pesos$ @he entered into by theimplementin- a-en!y and the %B alsodeliberately does not in!lude provisions on
!ontrol and mana-ement o+ +unds andmonitorin- o+ proEe!t implementation thatonly proved !onvenient to the partiesinso+ar as transparen!y and a!!ountability
are !on!erned$
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Deli%erate &ailure o& control'Mana$ement and Monitorin$
s a result, indi!ators o+ anomalous proEe!timplementation were i-nored, su!h asre!urrin- bene3!iaries o+ the same or similartrainin-, overpri!in-, -host bene3!iaries, orsimple non=delivery o+ the %B on theproEe!t$ 2hat is -iven priority is !ompletesubmission o+ liuidation do!uments onoverpri!ed supplies or -host delivery o+
supplies and lists o+ bo-us bene3!iaries,without any validation o+ the same throu-h-round monitorin- in the !ommunitysupposed to be bene3tted by the proEe!t$
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n the end, there is really nothin- tomonitor, be!ause all the +unds that were
supposed to be used +or the proEe!t had inreality already been po!'eted by thelawma'er, %apoles, the head o+ theimplementin- a-en!y, the lawma'erAs !hie+o+ staI, and probably other oF!ials whosesi-natures were needed to +a!ilitate thes!am and are bribed to loo' the other way$
@his is the very reason why no one amon-the a!tors, who are all responsible +or
ensurin- the le-itimate use o+ publi! +undsthrou-h the a!tual implementation o+proEe!ts at +ull !ost o+ the +unds releasedthere+ore, ta'e no a!tion or interest
whatsoever in per+ormin- this obli-ation$
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@he !rimes o+ plunder, malversation, bribery,and other -ra+t and !orrupt pra!ti!es were
thus !ommitted when said lawma'ersre!eived +rom %apoles 'i!'ba!'s amountin-to 4=6. o+ the !ash value o+ the proEe!t!ost +or every proEe!t endorsed by thelawma'er to a %apoles %B$ @hese 'i!'ba!'s
are the lawma'erAs bribe +or -ivin- undue+avor to a %apoles %B, or represent hisille-ally !ontra!ted share +rom amalversation s!heme desi-ned to misuse
and misappropriate publi! +unds entrusted tohim, and whi!h he appropriates instead +orprivate -ain rather than the publi! bene3tintended by law$
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n order to a!!omplish all this, the lawma'erstoo' advanta-e and abused their oF!ial
position and authority as #enators andon-ressmen o+ the