A female lawyer is now facing a disbarment case and charges of estafa and falsification of public documents case after the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) caught her demanding money from a convict’s family in exchange for a fake ruling from the Court of Appeals (CA).
Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested Marie Frances Ramon during a sting operation at a fastfood outlet in Manila on Mar 8.
“The family of a man convicted of using illegal drugs in November 2015 went to the NBI after the convict was not released even after the lady lawyer allegedly gave them a copy of the CA decision acquitting him. The lawyer reportedly received PHP1 million, in several tranches, from December 2015 up to March 2016, from the convict’s family. The NBI said the convict had an aunt who had told him that her friend was acquitted in a similar case with the lady lawyer’s help,” reports Ghio Ong in The Philippine Star.
So, when the convict was not released, his family checked with the CA and found that his case was still pending.
