The money he had was more than many of us would ever see in one go.
“On Tuesday, June 17, pork barrel scam whistleblower Benhur Luy again told told the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 that his personal peso and dollar deposits with Metrobank were transferred to the accounts of Janet Lim Napoles while he was detained at a house owned by the businesswoman inside the posh Magallanes Village in Makati City,” reports Mike Frialde on Philstar.com.
Luy claimed that while he was being held at Napoles’ house at 52 Lapu Lapu Street in Magallanes Village, she forged his signatures and “transferred PHP800,000 from his account in Metrobank-Julia Vargas branch to the account of her company, JLN Corporation, in December 20, 2012.”
Luy also said that “his dollar account with Metrobank, with the amount US$13,761, was also closed in December 27, 2012, allegedly also on Napoles’ orders.”
The report noted: “Luy said he learned of his accounts’ transfer after he was rescued by the National Bureau of Investigation in March 22, 2013.”
On top of that, of course, Luy is accusing Napoles of serious illegal detention.
Luy’s next court appearance will be on July 1 at 10am for the defense’s cross-examination.
Screengrab from an ANC video
