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Convicted

Janet Lim Napoles

Businesswoman; alleged mastermind of the PDAF / pork barrel scam

JLN Group of Companies

Accusations

  • Alleged to have orchestrated the diversion of approximately P10 billion in Priority Development Assistance Fund allocations through a network of bogus non-governmental organizations from 2007 onward, per Commission on Audit special audit findings and the Department of Justice's complaints.
  • Has been convicted in serious illegal detention proceedings related to whistleblower Benhur Luy, and remains a defendant in plunder and graft cases connected to specific legislators' PDAF allocations.

Denial

Napoles and her counsel have variously denied the plunder allegations, contested the credibility of state witnesses including Benhur Luy, and challenged the PDAF cases on procedural and evidentiary grounds.

Connected events

  1. New allegation

    Inquirer publishes investigative series on Napoles and the PDAF scam

    P10.00B alleged diverted via bogus NGOs

    The Philippine Daily Inquirer publishes the first installment of an investigative series detailing how Janet Lim Napoles allegedly diverted Priority Development Assistance Fund allocations through a network of bogus non-governmental organizations.

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  2. Official action

    Million People March demands abolition of pork barrel after Napoles exposé

    P10.00B alleged diverted via bogus NGOs

    Tens of thousands of Filipinos gather at Luneta and in cities nationwide to demand the abolition of the Priority Development Assistance Fund following the Philippine Daily Inquirer exposé of the alleged P10 billion pork barrel scam orchestrated by Janet Lim Napoles through bogus non-governmental organizations.

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