THE Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) announced Friday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed 62 counts of money laundering charges against former Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo and several others.
The charges were filed before the Capas, Tarlac Regional Trial Court (RTC).
The PAOCC statement detailed the charges as follows: 26 counts under Section 4(a) of the Anti-Money Laundering Law (for transacting monetary instruments or property related to unlawful activities); five counts under Section 4(b) (for converting, transferring, disposing of, acquiring, possessing, or using such instruments or properties); and 31 counts under Section 4(d) (for attempts or conspiracy to commit money laundering offenses).
This development comes just two days after Guo, also known as Chinese citizen Guo Hua Ping, personally filed counter-affidavits against separate tax evasion, falsification, and graft complaints filed against her with the DOJ. Her lawyer, Nicole Jamilla, continues to assert her client’s innocence.
Guo faces multiple other legal battles, including a qualified trafficking case in Pasig City, a graft case in Valenzuela City, and a material misrepresentation case in Tarlac. ‘
Additionally, a quo warranto petition is pending in Manila, along with a petition to cancel her birth certificate in Tarlac. She is currently detained at the Pasig City Jail.
