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White Paper #2:

The Money Side of Tommy

You Didnt Know

This white paper is meant to

shed light over the discussion

of important politico-economic issues. It may not

be reproduced, stored in a

retrieval system, or

transported in whole or in

part or by any means,

electronic, mechanical,photocopying, recording or

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Politics.

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Where Does Tommys Money

Come From? SALN: P5.92 million

Would you believe that?

PDAF : P115 million a

year as congressman;P10-M goes to Bohol,

another P15-M to

Negros, where he and

investors have mining

concessions

Source(s): Economic Intelligence and Investigation Bureau (EIIB), Department of Finance

reports, 2010-2011; Congress of the Philippines; Consolidated PDAF Allocation System,

Department of Budget and Management

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This Mans Cash Comes

From Kickbacks?

Balding and Weakened by Prostate Cancer

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HSBC dollar account: $3.6-M

since June 2005

BPI current: P185.14 million sinceMarch 2005

How was he able to amass money withoutraising suspicions?

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Enter The Money Conduits

GABRIEL LEYSON

Osmena bag man

1988 - 2004

AUGUSTUS JUN PE

Osmena bag man

2005 - present

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Money front-man role

TRO partner in CEDCOR(1992); serves as go-

between for P970

million in kickbacks that

went to Tommys bank

accounts between

1988 2004 from

contractors of the P18-billion MCDP; run for

Talisay city mayor and

lost; now retired.

Source(s): Bank-to-bank Money Transfer Tracking Division, Central Bank Cebu Office;Economic Intelligence and Investigation Bureau (EIIB), Department of Finance

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Money-bag-man role

Incumbent councilor, chairsthe committee on police

and drugs; serves as

conduit to P120 million

in yearly kickbacks since

2005 from SRP real estate

developers, Taiwanese,

Korean ukay-ukay traders,

tax evaders, used-car

exporters, and rice

smugglers

Source(s): Bank-to-bank Money Transfer Tracking Division, Central Bank Cebu Office;Economic Intelligence and Investigation Bureau, Department of Finance

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Corruption Probe #1

TOMAS:

Had P76 million5 in unpaid

credits over construction

and electrical materialsfrom the citys top 20

hardware suppliers over

nine years (2001-2010) as

mayorSource: Confidential DILG reports to

Secretary Ricardo Puno and Executive

Secretary Ronaldo Zamora.

MIKE RAMA:

Clean Slate

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Corruption Probe #2

TOMAS: Took P120 million4

in annual cash gifts from

Top 200 taxpayers in

exchange for leniency in

implementation of Cebu

tax mapping and tax

collection campaigns

between 2001 and 2010;

Source(s): Marginal notes to

Department of Finance reports

(1999-2001) filed by the Economic

Intelligence and Investigation

Bureau.

MIKE RAMA:

Clean Slate

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Corruption Probe #3

TOMAS: Took P970 million3 inkickbacks from contractorsin the P18-billion MetroCebu Development Project

between 1992 1998through change/variationorders and cost escalationadjustments in infradevelopment contracts;

Source(s): Daily Journals, MCDPDirector Domingo Cabangca;Commission on Audit reports

(1995-1998).

MIKE RAMA

Clean Slate

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Corruption Probe #4

TOMAS: In cahoots with corruptexaminers at the Bureau ofCustoms, took more than P600million2 in bribes fromexporters of second-hand cars,

used clothing, and rice whodropped his name to avoidpaying full customs duties andtaxes between 2001 and 2010;

Source(s): Confidential reports,Economic Intelligence and

Investigation Bureau, Departmentof Finance; Reports to PresidentJoseph Estrada by CebuanoUndersecretary Vicente de laSerna.

MIKE RAMA

Clean Slate

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Corruption #5

TOMAS: Took in 2010 up toP180 million1 in moniesfrom Manila-based realestate developers,

including SM Holdings,FILINVEST, and RobinsonLand, to which he hadpromised discountedprime lots at the SouthReclamation when hereturns to City Hall asmayor;

MIKE RAMA

Clean Slate

Source(s): Bank-to-bank Money Transfer Tracking Division, Central Bank Cebu Office;Economic Intelligence and Investigation Bureau, Department of Finance