THE Office of the Ombudsman has found probable cause to file graft charges before the Sandiganbayan against former Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Undersecretary Lloyd Christopher A. Lao, two other former budget officials—one of them later becoming the overall deputy ombudsman—and several Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation for allegedly conspiring to…
THE Office of the Ombudsman has found probable cause to file graft charges before the Sandiganbayan against former Department of Budget and Management Undersecretary Lloyd Christopher A. Lao, two other former budget officials—one of them later becoming the overall deputy ombudsman—and several Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation for allegedly conspiring to dupe the government in the amount of P4.1 billion in the procurement of Covid-19 test kits.
“Respondents’ concerted and conspiratorial acts enabled the award the award of a multi-billion worth of contract to Pharmally notwithstanding the existence of other corporations that are financially and technically capable to supply and deliver test kits at an equal or lower prices,” it added. The case stemmed from the procurement of 8,000 units of BGI Real Time Fluorescent RT-PCR Kits priced at P600 million on April 23, 2020. The purchase was covered by Purchase Order No. PO20-00210-CSE.
It noted that the company has been in existence for barely seven months without any experience and yet the project was awarded to it.
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