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(Eagle News) — Former military comptroller retired Lt. Gen. Jacinto Ligot has been found guilty of perjury. The Sandiganbayan also sentenced Ligot to one year for each of the five counts he was convicted of over the false declarations made in his Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth from 1993 to 2001. The other perjury cases against the former military official, however, were dismissed. Earlier, the Court of Tax Appeals cleared Ligot and his […]
(Eagle News) — The Court of Tax Appeals has acquitted former military comptroller Jacinto Ligot and his wife in a P428-million tax evasion case. In acquitting Ligot and his wife Erlinda, the third division said the prosecution failed to “prove beyond reasonable doubt” the two filed false income tax returns and Statements of Assets Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) from 2001 to 2004. “The evidence relied upon by the prosecution to prove their allegations have either […]
