A former ranking government employee at the Provincial Treasurer’s Office (PTO) Kalibo, Aklan was arrested by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) for estafa.
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 two kilometers from this capital town when she was arrested.
PNP-CIDG operatives had a warrant for her arrest issued by Judge Paz Esperanza Martelino-Cortes of the Kalibo Municipal Trial Court dated February 28, 2006.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 of Aklan 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. Timtiman 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. Carlito S. Marquez last January 12, 2005 for Toriano’s immediate relief.
In her preliminary report, Oquendo said, the unrecorded collections 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 also 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 of Aklan as part of PTO’s internal control measures."
The "relief" was meant to prevent Toriano from receiving collections remitted by Aklan’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 came from real property taxes. /MP mailto:madyaas_pen@yahoo.com
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 two kilometers from this capital town when she was arrested.
PNP-CIDG operatives had a warrant for her arrest issued by Judge Paz Esperanza Martelino-Cortes of the Kalibo Municipal Trial Court dated February 28, 2006.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 of Aklan 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. Timtiman 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. Carlito S. Marquez last January 12, 2005 for Toriano’s immediate relief.
In her preliminary report, Oquendo said, the unrecorded collections 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 also 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 of Aklan as part of PTO’s internal control measures."
The "relief" was meant to prevent Toriano from receiving collections remitted by Aklan’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 came from real property taxes. /MP mailto:madyaas_pen@yahoo.com
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