The Land Transportation Office (LTO) is set to file a criminal charge against those behind the production of the fake no. 7 vanity plate attached to a Cadillac Escalade that passed through the EDSA busway on Nov. 3, according to executive director Greg Guillermo Pua Jr.
“Considering the plate is a public document, and that they have imitated and faked it, we are now studying the option of filing a criminal case against those who have the (personal) knowledge and the one who has fabricated the fake plate,” Pua said in a TeleRadyo Serbisyo interview.
“To impose a fine against the driver is just preliminary. We will conduct an investigation so that we would really know the circumstances why this happened,” he added.
The fake protocol plate did not have the security features of a legitimate protocol plate. “That one attached on the vehicle spotted on the video is not issued by the LTO. That is fake,” Pua said.
The LTO instructed Angelito Edpan, the Cadillac Escalade driver, to explain why his driver’s license must not be canceled. The vehicle is registered under the Orient Pacific Corporation.
Pua said the company was likewise ordered to explain why it must not be held culpable for imitation and false representation of the No. 7 plate number, which is reserved for official use of duly elected senators.
