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Regional Trial Court (RTC) Judge Zeus Abrogar junked the case against former Urban Bank chairman Arsenio Bartolome III and corporate secretary Corazon Bejasa for lack of merit.


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State prosecutors had initially recommended no bail for the respondents. The recommendation was later modified by Chief State Prosecutor Jovencito Zuño, allowing the UBI officials to post bail.


Charges are set to be filed today at the Makati regional trial court.


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"We have a very solid case with all the necessary documents to prove charges of large-scale estafa against the UBI officials," said Juan de Zuñiga Jr., general counsel of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).


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The new suit is on top of a similar yet separate swindling charges filed earlier by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (BSP-PDIC) in the DOJ against the same set of UBI executives which involves some P2.8 billion.


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Two Urban Bank officials cleared of estafa charges

By Delon Porcalla | February 13, 2001 - 12:00am

Two former executives of the failed Urban Bank Inc. (UBI) have been cleared by a Makati court of estafa charges filed against them by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in connection with their alleged involvement in...

Headlines

DOJ: Economic sabotage raps vs UBI execs

By Delon Porcalla | December 19, 2000 - 12:00am

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has recommended the filing of economic sabotage charges against 10 former officials of failed Urban Bank Inc. (UBI) for allegedly conspiring to misappropriate P2.8 billion in depositors’...

Headlines

Government confident of air-tight case vs Urban Bank execs

By Delon Porcalla | November 27, 2000 - 12:00am

Monetary authorities have expressed confidence they have an air-tight case against high-ranking officials of failed Urban Bank Inc. (UBI) for the alleged misappropriation of billions of pesos in depositors’...

Headlines

BSP, PDIC file new estafa raps versus 11 Urban Bank officials

By Delon Porcalla | October 27, 2000 - 12:00am

Monetary offficials filed anew before the Department of Justice estafa charges against 11 Urban Bank Inc. officials whom they said were responsible for the April 25 closure of the universal bank, having misappropriated...

Business

Urban Bank chairman tags underlings for P2.8-B caper

By Delon Porcalla | October 25, 2000 - 12:00am

The embattled chairman of the ill-fated Urban Bank has pointed to nine of his correspondents in the economic sabotage suit before the Department of Justice as among those who could have been responsible for P2.8...

Business