The alleged brains of the P12-billion Ponzi scam that duped thousands of Filipinos could still be flown back to Manila after serving a year and a half in a Malaysian jail, Vice President Jejomar Binay said recently.
The government will look into how much assets Manuel Amalilio owns in Malaysia in the form of investments in stocks and bank accounts, Justice Secretary Leila De Lima said Thursday.
President Benigno Aquino III expressed confidence here Friday night that suspected investment scammer Manuel Amalilio would soon be repatriated to the Philippines to face trial and then sent to jail for ripping off many small investors.
The Department of Foreign Affairs ordered the Philippine Embassy in Malaysia on Saturday to find out why local authorities in Kota Kinabalu stopped the deportation of Manuel Amalilio, the alleged brains behind a P12-billion Ponzi scheme that duped thousands of investors in the Visayas and Mindanao.
Malaysian authorities on Friday stopped the deportation to the Philippines of alleged Ponzi scheme operator Manuel Amalilio as he was about to board a plane to Manila with National Bureau of Investigation agents.
The Department of Justice (DoJ) issued another lookout order for two more officials of Aman Futures Group Philippines Inc., which allegedly amassed an estimated P12 billion in a Ponzi scheme that victimized thousands of Filipinos.
President Benigno Aquino III said Malaysian authorities have agreed to cooperate with the Philippines in the capture of members of a syndicate behind the Aman Futures scam that victimized thousands of people including local officials in the Visayas and Mindanao.
