Tag: Jack Lam

Sandiganbayan junks Argosino’s bid for plunder case vs him to be dismissed

(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan’s sixth division has denied the appeal of former immigration deputy commissioner Al Argosino for the plunder case against him to be dismissed. In a 13-page resolution, the division said it denied Argosino’s motion to quash the case stemming from the P50-million bribery scandal in 2016. The P50 million Argosino and fellow immigration deputy commissioner Michael Robles allegedly extorted from Chinese businessman Jack Lam were supposedly in exchange for the release of […]

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Sandiganbayan orders detention of Argosino, Robles in Camp Bagong Diwa

(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan on Tuesday, April 10, ordered the detention of former immigration commissioners Al Argosino and Michael Robles in connection with the P50-million bribery case involving businessman Jack Lam and retired police officer Wally Sombero. This was after the anti-graft court found probable cause for the non-bailable case of plunder against them. The order finding probable cause was released hours after Sombero and Argosino posted a P60,000 bail each. It was reportedly already […]

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Argosino, Robles post P60,000 bail each in P50-million bribery case

(Eagle News) — Former immigration commissioners Al Argosino and Michael Robles posted on Tuesday a P60,000 bail each for their provisional liberty. The bail, which they posted before the Sandiganbayan’s sixth division, was in connection with the charges for the one count each of violation of Section 3(e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, direct bribery, and violation of Presidential Decree No. 46 filed against them in connection with the P50-million bribery scandal involving […]

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Argosino, Robles indicted over P50-million extort try

(Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman has  indicted former immigration deputy commissioners Al Argosino and Michael Robles after they allegedly attempted to extort P50 million from businessman Jack Lam last year. Apart from Argosino and Robles, Wally Sombero faces  one count for violation of Section 3(e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, direct bribery and Presidential Decree No. 46. PD No. 46 sanctions government officials who receive gifts from private individuals. Argosino and […]

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Senate recommends filing of charges vs Argosino, Robles, others

(Eagle News) — The Senate has recommended the filing of charges against former Immigration deputy commissioners Al Argosino and Michael Robles for their alleged attempt to extort P50 million from  gaming tycoon Jack Lam in November 2016. This was after the plenary on Tuesday adopted the report and the recommendations of the blue ribbon committee to file the graft and corruption, plunder and direct bribery charges against them. The panel, led by Senator Richard Gordon, […]

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Ombudsman indicts former immigration commissioners Argosino, Robles for plunder

Three others ordered indicted over P50-million extort plot (Eagle News) — The Ombudsman has ordered the filing of a plunder complaint against former Immigration commissioners Al Argosino and Michael Robles over what the anti-graft body said was their extortion of P50 million from Chinese businessman Jack Lam in 2016. This was despite the Department of Justice’s earlier disclosure that the P50 million, which was supposedly in exchange for the release of Lam’s 1316 workers who […]

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Argosino, Robles to elude plunder charge after discovery recovered P50-million bribe evidence vs them was P1000 short

Drilon calls for independent inquiry into missing amount (Eagle News) — The two former immigration officials who were accused of extorting money from Chinese businessman Jack Lam are now set to elude the non-bailable charge of plunder after it was found the P50 million retrieved as evidence against them was P1000 short. The revelation that only P49,999,000 could be used as evidence against former Deputy Commissioners Michael Robles and Al Argosino was made by Senator […]

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Jack Lam’s business associates detail P100-M “extortion” try of 2 BI commissioners

  (Eagle News) – It was a clear extortion attempt by former immigration commissioners who demanded P100 million for the release of 1,316 Chinese workers arrested in November last year. This was the testimony of business associates and interpreters of Jack Lam who pointed to former associate commissioners Al Argosino and Michael Robles as the Bureau of Immigration officials who tried to get money from them, allegedly to pay for the bail of the Chinese […]

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Wally Sombero returns to PH, says he did no wrong, denies knowing Jack Lam

(Eagle News) – Controversial former police officer and alleged Jack Lam middleman, Wenceslao “Wally” Sombero is now back in the country, claiming that he did no wrong when he left even if there was an immigration lookout bulletin order (ILBO) against him. In a press conference upon his arrival from Vancouver, Canada, Sombero said in the first place, any person who is the subject of an ILBO cannot be prevented from leaving, based on a decision issued […]

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Jack Lam middleman says he’s ready to appear before the Senate

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Middleman of online gambling tycoon Jack Lam, Retired Police Sr. Supt. Wally Sombero is ready to appear in front of the Senate in relation to the bribery scandal in the Bureau of Immigration. “Our client is willing to appear and cooperate in the investigation. However, he has received threats to his life if he appears in the committee hearing,” Ted Contacto, Sombero’s lawyer said in a letter addressed to […]

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CCTV footage ng sinasabing “bribery” ng immigration officials sa casino, ipinalabas sa Senado

  By Meane Corvera Eagle News Service MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Inilabas na sa imbestigasyon ng senado ang kopya ng CCTV footage sa isang casino mall sa Paranaque kung saan nangyari ang umano’y bribery scandal sa dalawang immigration officials kapalit ng pagpapalaya sa mga umano’y undocumented employee ng gambling tycoon na si Jack Lam. Sa CCTV footage nakita na magkakasabay na pumasok sa casino sina dating immigration commissioner Michael Robles at Al Argosino kasama […]

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Dalawang dating BI officials, ginisa sa Senado

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Sumalang sa pagdinig ng Senado si Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre at dalawang dating opisyal ng Bureau of Immigration kaugnay sa isyu ng suhulan at extortion sa Online Gaming Tycoon na si Jack Lam. Mga senador, hindi naman kumbinsido sa sinabi ng dalawang dating opisyal ng Bureau of Immigration na tinanggihan nila ang fifty million-peso (Php 50M) bribe sa gaming tycoon na si Jack Lam pero itinago ang pera bilang “ebidensya.” […]

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