LTO to sue motorcycle dealer for ‘tax evasion’

CEBU, Philippines —  Land Transportation Office chief, Assistant Secretary Edgar Galvante, has given a go signal to LTO-7 regional director Victor Emmanuel Caindec to file charges against a motorcycle dealer.

In a letter addressed to Caindec, Galvante has authorized the filing of criminal charges against Du Ek Sam case for alleged tax evasion and submission of spurious and falsified documents.

Last October, Galvante also issued the same authorization to sue Des Strong Motors, Inc.

Galvante added that copies of the final resolutions of the two cases will be furnished to Caindec.

It can be recalled that in March 2020, LTO-7 issued show-cause orders to five motorcycle dealers, including the two, for violating the agency's rules of accreditation and as the agency continues to gather information on the motorcycle dealership's anomalies. Caindec was tagged to have extorted them.

But instead Caindec revealed that he was bribed with motorcycle dealers to expedite the process when they don't have any backlogs.

Caindec said that after a series of internal investigations that they have conducted, he presented information about issues of one of the large dealerships that deals with LTO-7 regarding their new registration unit.

“To put it in the simplest terms, people have been sending complaints even in my personal messenger that several dealers at that point in time we did not know the connection yet, have been denying copies of new registration to their clients," Caindec earlier said. — GMR (FREEMAN)