AMLC: Sara Duterte, husband had P4.4B in covered, suspicious bank transactions

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At least P4.4 billion worth of covered and suspicious transactions were recorded under the bank accounts of Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, Manases Carpio, Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) Executive Director Ronel Buenaventura said Monday.

The value was reduced from P6.7 billion, that Buenaventura testified to in the House justice panel, to P4.4 billion after a correction was made by one of the subject banks, BPI, as communicated to the Senate court by private prosecutor Mae Divinagracia.

Back in April, Buenaventura also told the House committee on justice that at least 18 of the transactions cited in the affidavit of former senator Antono Trillanes IV submitted to the House committee on justice correspond to entries in AMLC records, including three transactions allegedly involving supposed drug personality Samuel “Sammy” Uy.

The 18 transactions confirmed by Buenaventura were randomly selected by House Senior Deputy Minority Leader Leila de Lima of the ML party-list.

Of the 18 transactions, Buenaventura said three were deposited in batches amounting to P7.4 million each in March 2011, October 2011, and April 2012.

However, Buenaventura clarified that the AMLC cannot confirm whether such three batches of transfers came from Uy as it only monitors transactions reported by covered institutions and not direct ownership of accounts.

Buenaventura also told the House justice panel that the Vice President was the subject of 27 suspicious transaction reports submitted by covered institutions from August 2024 to January 2026 concerning suspected drug trafficking, graft and corruption, and malversation of public funds and property.

The AMLC said the reports were triggered by references to the House Quad Committee hearings on the Duterte administration’s war on drugs, news reports alleging involvement of the Vice President’s husband Manases in the 2017 P6.4-billion shabu shipment, the 2025 impeachment complaint against Duterte, and alleged misuse of confidential and intelligence funds. —AOL, GMA News