THE Anti-Trapo Movement of the Philippines on Monday filed graft and ethics charges against Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office Chairman Jose Jorge Corpus and other officials for the questionable expansion of operations of small-town lottery.
The group’s founding chairman, Leon Peralta, also included in the complaint board members Betty Nantes, Mabel Mamba and Francisco Joaquin III; Assistant General Manager for Gaming Product Development and Marketing Sector Conrado Zabella; Anna Liza Inciong of the legal department, department manager for Gaming Technology Department Arnel Casas; department manager for Product & Standard Development Department Roger Ramirez, and several other employees.
The group said the accused expanded the STL operations nationwide just to give undue advantage to 18 STL licensees, some of whom were tagged by the National Bureau of Investigation as behind some illegal numbers games operations.