US to seize millions that Janet Napoles claimed was for disaster relief

 

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US Justice Department To Seize Janet Lim Napoles Assets Worth $12.5 Million – www.plnmedia.com

The US Justice Department moved this week to seize assets owned by Janet Napoles, the businesswoman at the centre of the ‘pork barrel scam.’

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The department filed a civil forfeiture complaint to gain access to the posh Los Angles condominium and Porsche Boxster that Napoles bought for her daughter with money intended for development and disaster relief in the Philippines.

The complaint was filed at Los Angeles Federal District Court, saying that Napoles received over 200 million dollars in funds to assist the Filipino poor , but she never delivered those services and used the money for her own personal gain.

“The Justice Department will not allow the United States to become a playground for the corrupt or a place to hide and invest stolen riches,” said Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell in a statement.

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The complaint said that Napoles moved 12 million dollars to her US accounts in the names of her family and used it to buy a condo in the Ritz-Cartlon Hotel as well as other properties in the area.