Published February 5, 2021 5:48pm
The Sandiganbayan has ordered retired military Lieutenant General Jacinto Ligot, his wife Erlinda, their three children and two other members of his immediate family members to return P102 million of their ill-gotten assets to the government.
In a 70-page ruling, the anti-graft court said P102 million of the Ligot’s family assets were ill-gotten wealth because the P102 million worth of their wealth did not match Ligot’s lawful income from 2001 to 2004 which only amounted to P2.8 million.
“In 1982, General Ligot had a net worth of P105,000 based on his SALN (Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net worth). By 2003, he declared a net worth of P3.248 million. Yet, as the evidence shows, he was able to acquire the above listed properties with a total cost of P108,154,832.95 million which he did not declare in his SALNs for 1982 to 2003,” the Sandiganbayan said.