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Former LRA official convicted, jailed for graft and estafa

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THE Quezon City Regional Trial Court has convicted a former Land Registration Authority officer for graft and estafa, and sentenced her to suffer a jail term of six to eight years and four years to 10 years, respectively.

Maybel Umpa, a former records officer, was found guilty of violation of Republic Act 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, and Article 315 of the Revised Penal Code.

Based on court records, on Oct. 15, 2010, Umpa demanded and received P620,000 from the private complainant, Lory Malibiran, in exchange for facilitating an approved plan, tax declaration and the titling of a real estate property in Rodriguez, Rizal. 

After a couple of weeks, Umpa failed to fulfill and deliver her promise.

According to the witnesses, Umpa claimed “to possess the power and influence in producing and facilitating the titling of property.”  

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Prosecutors also presented a document where Umpa agreed to settle the amount she received from Malibiran.

“[The] accused capitalized on her official function to commit the crimes charged. Without her position, accused could not have induced Malibiran to part with his money. In the same vein, accused could not have orchestrated a scheme of receiving money from Malibiran, who believed that she could facilitate the titling of the property, which thus led him to part with his money in the amount of P620,000,” the decision of Judge Juris Dilinila-Callanta read.

The court ordered Umpa  to pay Mabiliran P620,000.00 as actual damages. 

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