Sunday, December 2, 2012

Estafa filed vs general’s wife, 6 others for P2.2-billion scam

From the Business Mirror (Dec 2): Estafa filed vs general’s wife, 6 others for P2.2-billion scam

A large-scale estafa against a multimillion-peso business venture similar to the Aman Futures business scam was filed against the wife of a ranking military general and six accomplices in connection with the alleged construction of an aquaculture and hydrophonic project with a total cost of P2.2 billion. Luis Baldoz, president of Big Five Corp., and Erwin Prado, a project engineer of RC Tagala Construction Co. have filed a joint complaint affidavit charging Ma. Nenita Sodusta, Cynthia and Bernardo Cielo, George Cofreros, Danilo Navarro, Luis Gonzales and Christopher Gonzaga for large-scale estafa for alleged conspiracy and fraud in the construction of 20 units of a one-story aquaculture building with amenities purportedly to be constructed and installed in Barangay Victoria, Dumangas, Iloilo.

The complaint was filed on Nov. 27, at the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Camp Crame, a copy of which reached the BusinessMirror. The complaint alleged that Sodusta, Cielo, Cofreros, Navarro, Gonzales and Gonzaga have falsely represented themselves as possessing credit business and power through the alleged Hong Kong-based company Sun City Capital Investment Corp. Ltd., (SCCIC), an alleged corporation with corporate office address at 28th Floor, Soundwill Plaza, 38 Russel Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, to provide and facilitate funding of the project.....

Sodusta, alleged wife of Armed Forces’ National Intelligence Communications Agency (NICA) chief Gen. Jeffrey Sodusta, is president of Dumangas Integrated Aqua Green System Corp. (DIAGSCORP); while Cynthia and Bernardo Cielo, Cofreros, Navarro, Gonzales are all members of the board of directors. Gonzaga allegedly acts as the treasurer and corporate secretary of the company which proposed the aquaculture and hydrophonic project. In the negotiations, General Sodusta was allegedly always present but claimed he is not part of DIAGSCORP because he is with the AFP. The complainants claimed that despite the resources of NICA, it failed to detect the bogus status of SCCIC.....
 

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