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Senator Jinggoy Estrada speaks during the Senate hearing on Labor in Pasay City on May 10, 2023. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/177935622351520230510-senate-hearing-labor-MD-15.jpg" style="width:960px;display:block;height:auto" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Sen. Jinggoy Estrada. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA<strong> (UPDATE) </strong>— The Office of the Ombudsman filed a graft and plunder case against Sen. Jinggoy Estrada at the Sandiganbayan on Thursday in connection with the flood control corruption scandal.</p><p>Assistant Ombudsman Mico Clavano personally appeared before the Sandiganbayan this afternoon to file the cases.</p><p>Estrada was dragged into the controversy after former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Bulacan District Engineer Brice Hernandez accused him of receiving kickbacks from flood control projects, which the senator denied.</p><p>A press conference on the matter is scheduled later at the Office of the Ombudsman, where other respondents and additional charges are expected to be revealed.</p><p>Clavano earlier said the allegations claim that the respondents conspired to maneuver allocations, rig public bidding processes, and siphon government funds from major national infrastructure budget systems.</p><p>Estrada has maintained his innocence. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/26/jinggoy-estrada-on-looming-plunder-case-so-be-it-1721">Jinggoy Estrada on looming plunder case: ‘So be it’</a></div><p>&quot;Basta ang alam ko...wala akong insertion na katulad ng sinasabi nila, nung binulgar ni Brice Hernandez sa House na meron akong insertion… Wala silang record na ako ay meron insertion na ganong halaga,&quot; Estrada told reporters on Tuesday. </p><p>&quot;If this is the price that I have to face for standing on my own principles on what I believe in, so be it,&quot; he said.</p><p>Estrada last year said he was the<a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/10/jinggoy-says-most-vulnerable-to-corruption-claims-says-unfair-to-link-his-past-issues-1025"> &quot;most vulnerable&quot; target </a>among senators to being implicated in corruption because of his &quot;past issues&quot;. </p><p>This is the third time Estrada has faced plunder charges.</p><p>Estrada has been acquitted of plunder and initially convicted of bribery and indirect bribery but later cleared by the court due to lack of evidence in connection with the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) scam. The senator, however, is still facing <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/3/13/sandiganbayan-denies-estrada-s-bid-for-transmittal-of-complete-ombudsman-probe-records-1017">graft charges related to the PDAF.</a></p><p>In January this year, former senator <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/20/p92-8-million-flood-control-project-in-revilla-case-lacks-materials-test-report-dpwh-official-1331">Ramon &quot;Bong&quot; Revilla Jr.</a> surrendered and was arrested over graft and malversation charges over an alleged &quot;ghost&quot; flood project in Bulacan.</p><div><br/></div><div><em>More details to follow. </em></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS: </strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FJ6JjcPS6bw?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iXleKPWvjfc?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><strong></strong><em><strong></strong></em><br/></div>

<p>The Office of the Ombudsman filed graft and plunder charges against Sen. Jinggoy Estrada at the Sandiganbayan on Thursday in connection with the flood control corruption scandal.</p>

The Office of the Ombudsman filed graft and plunder charges against Sen. Jinggoy Estrada at the Sandiganbayan on Thursday in connection with the flood control corruption scandal.

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Jinggoy Estrada plunder, graft case filed before Sandiganbayan over flood scandal

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Published May 28, 2026 01:59 PM PHT

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Updated May 28, 2026 02:42 PM PHT

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