White Paper #2: The Money Side of Tommy You Didnt Know

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Where Does Tommys Money Come From?

SALN: P5.92 million Would you believe that? PDAF : P115 million a year as congressman; P10-M goes to Bohol, another P15-M to Negros, where he and investors have mining concessions
Source(s): Economic Intelligence and Investigation Bureau (EIIB), Department of Finance reports, 2010-2011; Congress of the Philippines; Consolidated PDAF Allocation System, Department of Budget and Management

This Mans Cash Comes From Kickbacks?

Balding and Weakened by Prostate Cancer

HSBC dollar account: $3.6-M since June 2005 BPI current: P185.14 million since March 2005

How was he able to amass money without raising suspicions?

Enter The Money Conduits

GABRIEL LEYSON Osmena bag man 1988 - 2004 AUGUSTUS JUN PE Osmena bag man 2005 - present

Money front-man role

TRO partner in CEDCOR (1992); serves as gobetween for P970 million in kickbacks that went to Tommys bank accounts between 1988 2004 from contractors of the P18billion MCDP; run for Talisay city mayor and lost; now retired.
Source(s): Bank-to-bank Money Transfer Tracking Division, Central Bank Cebu Office; Economic Intelligence and Investigation Bureau (EIIB), Department of Finance

Money-bag-man role
Incumbent councilor, chairs the committee on police and drugs; serves as conduit to P120 million in yearly kickbacks since 2005 from SRP real estate developers, Taiwanese, Korean ukay-ukay traders, tax evaders, used-car exporters, and rice smugglers
Source(s): Bank-to-bank Money Transfer Tracking Division, Central Bank Cebu Office; Economic Intelligence and Investigation Bureau, Department of Finance

Corruption Probe #1
TOMAS: Had P76 million5 in unpaid credits over construction and electrical materials from the citys top 20 hardware suppliers over nine years (2001-2010) as mayor
Source: Confidential DILG reports to Secretary Ricardo Puno and Executive Secretary Ronaldo Zamora.

MIKE RAMA:

Clean Slate

Corruption Probe #2
TOMAS: Took P120 million4 in annual cash gifts from Top 200 taxpayers in exchange for leniency in implementation of Cebu tax mapping and tax collection campaigns between 2001 and 2010;
Source(s): Marginal notes to Department of Finance reports (1999-2001) filed by the Economic Intelligence and Investigation Bureau.

MIKE RAMA:

Clean Slate

Corruption Probe #3
TOMAS: Took P970 million3 in kickbacks from contractors in the P18-billion Metro Cebu Development Project between 1992 1998 through change/variation orders and cost escalation adjustments in infra development contracts;
Source(s): Daily Journals, MCDP Director Domingo Cabangca; Commission on Audit reports (1995-1998).

MIKE RAMA

Clean Slate

Corruption Probe #4
TOMAS: In cahoots with corrupt examiners at the Bureau of Customs, took more than P600 million2 in bribes from exporters of second-hand cars, used clothing, and rice who dropped his name to avoid paying full customs duties and taxes between 2001 and 2010;
Source(s): Confidential reports, Economic Intelligence and Investigation Bureau, Department of Finance; Reports to President Joseph Estrada by Cebuano Undersecretary Vicente de la Serna.

MIKE RAMA

Clean Slate

Corruption #5
TOMAS: Took in 2010 up to P180 million1 in monies from Manila-based real estate developers, including SM Holdings, FILINVEST, and Robinson Land, to which he had promised discounted prime lots at the South Reclamation when he returns to City Hall as mayor; MIKE RAMA

Clean Slate

Source(s): Bank-to-bank Money Transfer Tracking Division, Central Bank Cebu Office; Economic Intelligence and Investigation Bureau, Department of Finance