Tag: Sombero

Retired cop Sombero asks anti-graft court to dismiss plunder case

(Eagle News) – Retired policeman Wenceslao “Wally” Sombero Jr. has asked the Sandiganbayan to dismiss the plunder case filed against him in connection with the P50-million bribery scandal involving Chinese businessman Jack Lam and former immigration commissioners Michael Robles and Al Argosino. In a motion dated March 28, Sombero said the facts he was charged with “do not constitute the offense of plunder.” Sombero argued that Robles and Argosino are alleged to have amassed P50 […]

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Plunder case vs former immigration commissioners, retired cop re-raffled to Sandiganbayan’s 6th Division

(Eagle News) – The  plunder case filed  against former immigration deputy commissioners Al Argosino and Michael Robles, and retired police officer Wenceslao “Wally” Sombero Jr. was re-raffled to the Sandiganbayan Sixth Division on Friday, April 6. This was after the Sandiganbayan en banc approved on Thursday the inhibition from the case of  Fourth Division chairperson Associate Justice Alex Quiroz. Quiroz made the move after admitting one of the accused was an “acquaintance.” The Sixth Division […]

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