BY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
KALIBO, Aklan – A former ranking government employee at the Provincial Treasurer’s Office (PTO) was arrested by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) for bouncing checks.
Late Tuesday afternoon, SPO4 Reynaldo Francisco arrested Receille Beltran-Toriano, 49, of Laguinbanua West, Numancia, Aklan. Toriano was celebrating the barangay fiesta at their house, about three kilometers from this capital town.
PNP-CIDG operatives had a warrant for her arrest issued by Judge Paz Esperanza Martelino-Cortes of the Kalibo Municipal Trial Court on February 28, 2006 yet.Toriano was immediately detained at the Kalibo PNP lock-up cell. She refused to be interviewed.
The arresting operatives of the CIDG were led by Francisco, PO2 Isidro Jay Teofilo and PO1 Jose Revesencio.
Toriano, a former Local Treasury Operations Officer (LTOO) IV, was also implicated by the Commission on Audit (COA) in the P4-milllion unremitted collections to the provincial government last year.
“I was surprised that she was arrested. Toriano’s case (estafa) has nothing to do with COA’s recommendation,” said Provincial Treasurer Evan Timtiman, her former immediate superior.
He said, "it is up to the concerned government agencies to file charges against Toriano now."
Toriano reportedly went into hiding after State Auditor IV Alice Oquendo, COA’s Team Leader-Provincial Accounts, recommended to Aklan Gov. arlito Marquez last January 12, 2005 her immediate relief.
In her preliminary report, Oquendo said, the unremitted collections unrecorded in the cashbook amounted to P2,810,471.14 from August 12, 2002 to May 5, 2004. The cash and accounts of Toriano in 2004 were examined.
On January 18, 2005, Timtiman ordered the reassignment of Toriano after Marquez endorsed to him the January 12, 2005 COA’s preliminary report.
Timtiman clarified that Toriano was given the assignment “to assist and to monitor the condonation of penalties and arrearage charges for late payments on real property taxes in the municipalities as part of PTO's internal control measures.”
The “relief” was meant to refrain Toriano from receiving collections remitted by the province’s Revenue Collecting Officers.
It was gathered that some P2 million collections from May 2004 to January 2005 are still unaccounted.
The shortage represents taxes collected by the province, the bulk of which comes from real property taxes.
Late Tuesday afternoon, SPO4 Reynaldo Francisco arrested Receille Beltran-Toriano, 49, of Laguinbanua West, Numancia, Aklan. Toriano was celebrating the barangay fiesta at their house, about three kilometers from this capital town.
PNP-CIDG operatives had a warrant for her arrest issued by Judge Paz Esperanza Martelino-Cortes of the Kalibo Municipal Trial Court on February 28, 2006 yet.Toriano was immediately detained at the Kalibo PNP lock-up cell. She refused to be interviewed.
The arresting operatives of the CIDG were led by Francisco, PO2 Isidro Jay Teofilo and PO1 Jose Revesencio.
Toriano, a former Local Treasury Operations Officer (LTOO) IV, was also implicated by the Commission on Audit (COA) in the P4-milllion unremitted collections to the provincial government last year.
“I was surprised that she was arrested. Toriano’s case (estafa) has nothing to do with COA’s recommendation,” said Provincial Treasurer Evan Timtiman, her former immediate superior.
He said, "it is up to the concerned government agencies to file charges against Toriano now."
Toriano reportedly went into hiding after State Auditor IV Alice Oquendo, COA’s Team Leader-Provincial Accounts, recommended to Aklan Gov. arlito Marquez last January 12, 2005 her immediate relief.
In her preliminary report, Oquendo said, the unremitted collections unrecorded in the cashbook amounted to P2,810,471.14 from August 12, 2002 to May 5, 2004. The cash and accounts of Toriano in 2004 were examined.
On January 18, 2005, Timtiman ordered the reassignment of Toriano after Marquez endorsed to him the January 12, 2005 COA’s preliminary report.
Timtiman clarified that Toriano was given the assignment “to assist and to monitor the condonation of penalties and arrearage charges for late payments on real property taxes in the municipalities as part of PTO's internal control measures.”
The “relief” was meant to refrain Toriano from receiving collections remitted by the province’s Revenue Collecting Officers.
It was gathered that some P2 million collections from May 2004 to January 2005 are still unaccounted.
The shortage represents taxes collected by the province, the bulk of which comes from real property taxes.
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