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Revisiting Napoles' properties in the US

Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau

<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/W8tYXkB8Pnw" width="560"></iframe></figure>LOS ANGELES, California - Whatever happened to the handful of US properties businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles allegedly bought using congressional funds?In the summer of 2015, the US Justice Department&#x27;s money laundering and kleptocracy division got involved in the Philippines pork barrel scam, filing a forfeiture complaint seeking to recover some $12.5 million in assets that they say Napoles acquired through a corruption racket.Four properties, one luxury car, and shares of a company, were among the assets seized by US officials.Real estate records show that the properties remain under the names of the Napoles family despite attempts to sell some of them.The courts blocked the sale of the luxury Ritz Carlton condo unit under the name of Napoles&#x27; daughter Jean.Also on the list of forfeited items, the Irvine home of Napoles’ brother Reynaldo Luy Lim, who remains at large. Lim oversaw Western Ventures Management which operated the Anaheim Express Inn.Records show Western Ventures has since moved its office from Anaheim to Gardena and changed its president in February of 2016. However, Lim is still listed as the secretary and CFO.The Anaheim Express Inn is the most lucrative of the Napoles properties. Prior to the unraveling of the scam, the hotel was operated by the Napoles-linked Western Ventures.The 63-room hotel just outside of Disneyland continues to operate to this day but since it was seized by the US government, it has been managed by HMG Hospitality.Western Ventures also owns a commercial property in Covina where a school once operated. But the property is deteriorating and has at one time prompted county officials to issue some notices.Unkept shrubs, garbage and shattered glass now mark the Napoles-owned site. Notices from the Los Angeles Country Department of Public Works dated last November were posted on the door. One offering graffiti removal and another one, which Balitang America found during a January visit, declaring it substandard property and a public nuisance.In a March 10 court filing, federal prosecutors have asked that the court grant a default judgement and a final order for forfeiture. They say that the October 2016 deadline for defendants to file claims on the defaulted assets had lapsed with no one filing a claim.The court had acknowledge that defendants have failed to enter a plea or respond to the recent amended complaints.With no indication of the Napoles family fighting for their properties, a final judgement for default is scheduled for next month.Read more on <a href="http://www.balitangamerica.tv/">Balitang America</a>.

Whatever happened to the handful of US properties businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles allegedly bought using congressional funds?

Whatever happened to the handful of US properties businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles allegedly bought using congressional funds?

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Revisiting Napoles' properties in the US

Steve Angeles,

ABS-CBN North America News Bureau

Published Mar 30, 2017 11:38 AM PHT

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