Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News

<figure class="op-social"><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RCnCL6FUA5Q?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0" width="510"></iframe></div></figure>MANILA (UPDATED) - Senator Serge Osmeña on Friday said Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) branch manager Maia Santos-Deguito is highly credible after she spent around two hours with senators in an executive session Thursday night.Deguito asked for the executive session fearing her public statements might be used against her in the ongoing investigation by the Department of Justice.Osmeña said Deguito revealed that while she is one of the central figures, other people are more deeply involved.One of them is businessman Kim Wong, who has not appeared in the two hearings due to a supposed medical condition.&quot;Sinabi rin niya si Mr. Kim Wong ang nagsabi sa kanya na open five accounts. At ibinigay rin sa kanya &#x27;yung mga forms, information sheets of the five accounts. After that, ipinadala sa kanya through messenger $2,500,&quot; Osmeña said.<div><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/03/17/16/who-is-kim-wong" target="_blank">READ: Who is Kim Wong?</a></div>According to Senator TG Guingona, at least two senior officials of RCBC are also involved, based on Deguito&#x27;s testimony.&quot;It seems from her story, I have to emphasize that from her story, it seems that she was just used and there really was a prime mover,&quot; Guingona said.Deguito&#x27;s lawyer, Ferdinand Topacio, shares the same suspicion.&quot;Definitely, from the information that I have gotten from my client, and through interviews with other people, this matter is so huge that it was definitely above her payscale, so to speak. There has to be othe people involved here,&quot; Topacio said.This is contrary to the initial investigation of RCBC management, which shows only Deguito and senior customer service officer Angela Torres are involved in the scam.<div><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/03/17/16/p20-m-loaded-into-rcbc-managers-car-witness" target="_blank">READ: P20-M loaded into RCBC manager&#x27;s car: witness</a></div>In an interview with DZMM, <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/03/17/16/william-go-got-p20m-says-ex-rcbc-employee" target="_blank">Torres</a> said she is being pressured by the bank to pin the $81-million money laundering scandal on Deguito.In the executive session, Deguito also denied pocketing P20 million.RCBC management said Deguito and Torres withdrew the money, supposedly under the name of businessman William Go, that ended up in Deguito&#x27;s car.The Senate still has a lot of loopholes to plug.They have yet to hear from a certain Weikang Xu, an alleged casino junket operator who supposedly benefited from the scam.The top official of remittance company PhilRem, despite offering to return around P10 million in earnings to the Bangladeshi government, will also have to attend the next hearing.A third Senate hearing has been set while the Department of Justice has set the preliminary investigation on the case for April 12 and 19. - with ANC

(UPDATED) RCBC branch manager Maia Santos-Deguito revealed that while she is one of the central figures, other people are more deeply involved and one of them is businessman Kim Wong, according to Senator Serge Osmeña.

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Deguito tags Kim Wong, RCBC officials in money laundering scam

Adrian Ayalin,

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Published March 19, 2016 01:25 AM PHT

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Updated March 19, 2016 02:28 AM PHT

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