By DJ Yap
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Thirty fake widows were rounded up Thursday at the Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters in Quezon City for trying to claim pensions for dependents of posthumously retired police officers.
Director Samuel D. Pagdilao Jr., chief of the PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), said the women were arrested at the annex building of the Directorate for Personnel and Records Management (DPRM) in Camp Crame after their racket was discovered.
Their modus operandi involved falsifying PNP documents and impersonating the widows of retired policemen so they could collect pensions, the PNP Retirement and Benefits Administration Service (RBAS) and DPRM said.
According to the PNP, it loses an estimated P1.5 million a month due to fake claims.
Anti-Organized Crime Division chief Senior Superintendent Ronald Estilles said they learned of the con job after a woman who had introduced herself as Nenita Guevarra Parazo, the widow of Senior Police Officer 4 Nicanor Parazo, was arrested for using a fictitious personal identification card while claiming a pension check.
Subsequent investigation revealed that her real name was Corazon Daguman Galicia. Her arrest led to the apprehension of 29 more women.
They were identified as Evelyn Digo Pataueg, Zenaida Cruz, Irene Beronilla, Anita Vela del Rosario, Candelaria Ogate Tibang, Gloria Castillo Cajalne, Gloria Laysa Vicente, Evangeline Oriarte, Teresita de Guzman, Ma. Melinda Valena, Estelita Wahing Aljecera, Aurelia Pecones, Araceli Garcia Lopez, Angelita Bautista Marquez, Eden Gusad, Jessica Rebeses Alipin, Nena Neron Yahot, Maxima Ando Repuela, Perlita Arellano Aquino, Jacque Arroyo Oronan, Alicia Narca Ponce, Lucena Bocabal Gerarcas, Evangeline Cabatu Gadian, Lydia Castro Manabat, Necitas Escalante Manalo, Corazon Mallari Aguilar, Joselina Ligon Aranas, Rosena Toledo Sanchez and Milagros Batinga Echon.
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