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NBI entraps Ombudsman investigator
« on: July 26, 2017, 02:31:51 PM »

Ombudsman requests NBI to entrap investigator for extortion raps
25 July 2017

The Office of the Ombudsman has requested the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to entrap Leonardo Nicolas, an Associate Graft Investigation Officer III (AGIO III) for extortion.   The request for assistance was made as part of the Ombudsman’s continuing campaign to weed out undesirables in the institution.  Nicolas was under surveillance for several weeks after the Ombudsman received a tip that the investigator, pretending to be a lawyer, was trying to extort P3,000,000.00 from local officials in Pangasinan in exchange for the dropping of complaints undergoing fact-finding investigation.

On 21 July 2017, a joint operation was led by the Ombudsman and the NBI in a resort in Lingayen, Pangasinan.  During the entrapment operation, Nicolas together with his cousin, Isagani Nicolas, a labor arbiter from Dagupan, was caught red-handed receiving the marked money.  AGIO III Nicolas was also caught with a bogus copy of an Evaluation Report purportedly issued by the Field Investigation Office. The fake Evaluation Report was presented in exchange for P3,000,000.00.

In the early morning of 22 July 2017, the Office of the Ombudsman conducted inquest proceedings against the duo.  They are set to face charges for Direct Bribery, violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (Republic Act No. 3019) and violation of the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees (Republic Act No. 6713).  In addition, they are also facing multiple administrative charges.

On 24 July 2017, the Ombudsman issued the preventive suspension orders against the respondents for a period of six months.

In a statement, Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales condemned the act and said, “the Ombudsman does not condone any form of corruption among its ranks.  We will not let up in the campaign to remove undesirables in government service.”

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