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MANILA, Philippines – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), supported by the Department of Justice, filed a criminal complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman on Friday against PhilHealth officials, including its former president and CEO Ricardo Morales, for interim refund. Mechanism (MRI) that provided emergency cash advances for medical facilities during the pandemic.
“We respectfully support your office, for its evaluation and appropriate action, the complaint of the National Bureau of Investigation against various officials of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation,” reads the transmittal letter signed by Adrian Ferdinand S. Sugay addressed to the Ombudsman Samuel Martires.
The complaint, based on the letter, “involves the questionable granting of advances to various healthcare institutions in the National Capital Region pursuant to the Provisional Refund Mechanism provided in PhilHealth Circular No. 2020-2007.”
The Secretary of Justice, Menardo Guevarra, said that in addition to Morales, the following are also named in the complaint: the executive vice president of PhilHealth, Arnel de Jesus; Senior Vice President Renato Limsiaco; Senior Vice President Israel Francis Pargas; PhilHealth Area II Vice President Gregorio Rulloda; Imelda Trinidad de Vera; Lolita Tuliao, member of the NCR Accreditation Subcommittee; Gemma Sibucao and Lailani Padua.
They are facing a complaint for violation of the Anti-Theft Law, embezzlement of public funds or property, violations of various provisions of the National Internal Revenue Code and the Republic Law 1051 in relation to the questionable granting of advances to various health institutions in the National Capital Region in accordance with the IRM.
Guevarra said: “More complaints will be filed in the coming days / weeks against PhilHealth staff and their cohorts.”
JPV
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