Deguito arrested in Makati

MANILA, Philippines – Former Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) Jupiter branch manager Maia Santos Deguito was arrested by the Makati City police yesterday afternoon at the Rockwell mall on charges of perjury.

Sr. Supt. Alex Fulgar, deputy chief for administration of the Makati Police, said Deguito was served her arrest warrant by personnel of the city police’s warrant section. 

Fulgar said there was no indicated complainant in the arrest warrant. The warrant was issued by a Pasay City court. 

Fulgar said Deguito was taken to the Ospital ng Makati for routine medical examination before she will be detained overnight at the jail of the Makati City Police.

According to Fulgar, Deguito will be able to post bail.

Deguito was earlier implicated by businessman William Go in a multibillion-peso money laundering scheme involving $81 million, which was moved from the account of the Bangladesh Bank at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to several accounts in the RCBC Jupiter branch.

Deguito allegedly confided to Go that she opened “fictitious” dollar and peso accounts at the branch on Feb. 23. The accounts were made under Go’s brokerage firm Centurytex Trading.

The alleged money laundering case is now being investigated by the Anti-Money Laundering Council and the Senate.