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(Eagle News)–The National Bureau of Investigation has filed raps against 21 Philippine Health Insurance Corporation officials and employees over the accreditation of Wellmed despite allegations it was involved in a massive dialysis scam. NBI Director Dante A. Gierran said charged for violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, the National Health Insurance Act of 2013 and the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees were the following: 1. Dr. RIZZA […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Justice will refile the estafa charges it filed against Wellmed owner Bryan Sy and several others over the ghost dialysis mess, but which were junked by a Quezon City regional trial court. “No harm done,” Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said. According to Guevarra, “we were actually withdrawing the information filed with the regional trial court (RTC), but were overtaken by the court’s order.” In dismissing the charges for lack of jurisdiction, […]
(Eagle News)–A Quezon City court has dismissed the charges of estafa and others filed against WellMed vice president Bryan Sy and several others in connection with the ghost dialysis mess. In granting the motions to quash also filed by whistleblowers Liezel Aileen de Leon and Edwin Roberto, among others, Judge Janet Abergos-Samar cited the lack of jurisdiction of her sala, Branch 219. She said the crime of estafa through falsification of documents where the defrauded […]
(Eagle News)–A Manila court has junked the petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by the camp of Bryan Sy, owner of WellMed Dialysis Center accused of processing PhilHealth benefits of deceased patients. In a three-page order, Branch 20 Judge Marivic Basili-Umali said the “singular function of a petition for habeas corpus” after all was “to inquire into the cause of detention of a person.” “That there is no probable cause for the warrantless arrest […]
(Eagle News)–The National Bureau of Investigation has filed estafa and falsification of documents charges against Bryan Sy, owner of WellMed Dialysis Center, over the ghost dialysis mess. Also charged though were former employees Edwin Roberto and Liezel Aileen De Leon, who made the exposé. Other WellMed officials charged were Dr. John Ray Gonzales, medical director; Claro Sy, chairman; Alvin Sy, corporate treasurer; Dick Ong, administration officer; doctors Porshia Natividad and Joemie Soriano; and Sy’s wife […]
