Jamaine Punzalan

Former DPWH Bulacan District Engineering officials (from left) Engr. Henry Alcantara, Engr. Brice Hernandez, and Engr. Jaypee Mendoza attend the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on anomalous flood control projects in Pasay City on January 19, 2026. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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SENATE PROBE- FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS

<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/178235120134020260119-senate-probe-flood-control-bgc-boys-JC9677.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Former DPWH Bulacan District Engineering officials (from left) Engr. Henry Alcantara, Engr. Brice Hernandez, and Engr. Jaypee Mendoza attend the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on anomalous flood control projects in Pasay City on January 19, 2026. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News </span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said Thursday the justice department had approved the filing of tax cases over P1.68 billion in alleged liabilities against the so-called “BGC Boys”, a group of former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) personnel tagged in allegedly anomalous flood projects. </p><p>The BIR said the Department of Justice (DOJ) approved the filing 44 criminal tax cases against former DPWH officials Jaypee Mendoza, <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/6/22/alcantara-testifies-p90-m-delivered-to-bernardo-to-be-given-to-revilla-1801">Henry Alcantara, </a>and <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/1/19/nbi-arrests-former-dpwh-bulacan-officials-brice-hernandez-jaypee-mendoza-2039">Brice Ericson Hernandez. </a></p><p>“The cases involve combined tax liabilities exceeding P1.68 billion and stem from separate BIR investigations that uncovered substantial discrepancies between declared income and actual expenditures, as well as the non-filing and underreporting of tax returns over multiple taxable years,” it said. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/9/dpwh-s-bgc-boys-lost-p950-million-in-casinos-lacson-1547">DPWH&#x27;s &#x27;BGC Boys&#x27; lost P950 million in casinos: Lacson </a></div><p>The bureau said the DOJ found probable cause to charge the former DPWH officials with tax evasion for the following income tax liabilities. </p><ul><li>Mendoza, P179,785,191.86: The BIR investigation found significant underdeclarations of income, constituting prima facie evidence of false or fraudulent returns under the Tax Code.</li><li>Alcantara, P913,827,146.89: The BIR found a significant disparity between Alcantara&#x27;s income and his acquisitions. The investigation likewise established that no Income Tax Returns were filed for 2022, 2023, and 2024. </li><li>Hernandez, P593,776,009.80: The BIR investigation found that Hernandez&#x27;s expenditures substantially exceeded his reported income for five consecutive years and established that no Income Tax Returns were filed for 2020 to 2024.</li></ul><div><br/></div><p>&quot;The DOJ&#x27;s finding of probable cause is an important milestone in the enforcement process. These cases demonstrate the Bureau&#x27;s continuing commitment to enforce the tax laws based on evidence and in accordance with the law,&quot; Commissioner Charlito Martin Mendoza said.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/12/the-bulacan-group-of-contractors-who-are-they-2222">The ‘Bulacan Group of Contractors’: Who are they? </a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/14/tulfo-seeks-probe-into-casinos-frequented-by-dpwh-s-bgc-boys-1150">&#x27;Nagbulag-bulagan&#x27;: Tulfo to probe casinos amid &#x27;BGC Boys&#x27; multimillion gambling losses </a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/17/ex-dpwh-engineers-alcantara-hernandez-lose-driver-s-licenses-for-using-fake-ones-at-casino-1957">Ex-DPWH engineers Alcantara, Hernandez lose driver&#x27;s licenses for using fake ones at casino </a></div><div><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/YuULNgpe8jE?&amp;t=4s&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/xVbAtiYe0YM?&amp;pp=0gcJCT8LAYcqIYzv&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>The Bureau of Internal Revenue said the justice department had approved the filing of tax cases over P1.68 billion in alleged liabilities against the so-called “BGC Boys”, a group of former DPWH personnel tagged in allegedly anomalous flood projects.</p>

The Bureau of Internal Revenue said the justice department had approved the filing of tax cases over P1.68 billion in alleged liabilities against the so-called “BGC Boys”, a group of former DPWH personnel tagged in allegedly anomalous flood projects.

BIR: P1.68-billion tax evasion cases loom against ‘BGC Boys’

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BIR: P1.68-billion tax evasion cases loom against ‘BGC Boys’

Jamaine Punzalan

Published June 25, 2026 09:37 AM PHT

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Updated June 25, 2026 09:38 AM PHT

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