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MANILA - Two former officials of the Department of Finance (DOF) indicted in an alleged irregular grant of tax credits committed more than 20 years ago have been acquitted by the Sandiganbayan. In a 39-page decision dated March 11 and recently shared online, the anti-graft court's Second Division acquitted Raul De Vera and Brandy Marzan of estafa and violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act due to the "failure of the prosecution to prove their guilt beyond reasonable doubt". De Vera and Marzan, then Officer-in-Charge of the Net Local Content Division and senior tax specialist, respectively, of the defunct DOF One-Stop-Shop-Tax Credit and Duty Drawback Center, were implicated in alleged undue benefits granted to companies between 1997 and 1999. The anti-graft court also cleared De Vera and Marzan of civil liability, citing that "there being a failure to establish that the acts of the accused are felonious, the fact from which the civil liability might ari ....

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