Sinungaling si Manny Villar

How Manny Villar lied and used the death of his brother Danny
AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo (The Philippine Star) Updated March 28, 2010 12:00 AM

“Nakaranas na ba kayong … mamatayan ng kapatid dahil wala kang pera pangpagamot (Have you experienced losing a brother because you did not have the money to provide him proper medical care)? — Manny Villar asked in his “PANATA (Advocacy)” TV commercial. Villar was referring to his younger brother Danny who passed away on October 1962. In the same commercial, Villar’s 1962 photo with his younger brother was shown.

This portrayal of being poor once upon a time is a fantasy which comes in a series of similar attempts by Villar to create empathy with the nearly 90% of voters who belong to the socio-economic classes D and E. However, this particular attempt to use his late brother Danny to further his political ambition showed that Villar is as capable of lying just like Madame Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA).

Two public documents — the death certificate of Danny B. Villar and the Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT number: 135396/3194) of the 560 square meter property in the upper class San Rafael Village of Navotas where the Villars had lived when Danny died — shattered this ONCE POOR fantasy that Villar has been peddling.

What the San Rafael Village TCT presents:

1. Before 1962, the Villars bought 560 square meters (SQM) of high valued real estate on Bernardo Street in San Rafael Village where the more affluent folks in the Tondo-Navotas area resided.

2. The DEATH CERTIFICATE of the deceased Danny B. Villar established that they were already residing there in 1962.

3. Based on 2009 prices, the P16,000 GSIS (Government Service Insurance System) mortgage mentioned in the TCT — not necessarily the total cost of the two 280 SQM lots — is now the equivalent of P1,140,000.00. Poor people today cannot even borrow P200,000. Those who are familiar with the subdivision say that the cost per SQM in San Rafael Village today would be around P10,000 per SQM or an equivalent of around P5,600,000 for the entire property.

4. Jun Borres, the present owner who is using the 560 SQM property as offices of his firm, Jumbo Fishing, stated that when they bought it in 1987 – it had a one and a half floor house. The ground floor was made of concrete while the upstairs was made of wood. This was typical upper middle class and upper class dwelling in the 1960s.

Implications of the San Rafael Village ownership

1. Together with established Manny Villar bio information, they could not have been dirt poor to be able to move to San Rafael Village before 1962. His mother was a seafood (shrimp, crab and fish) dealer in Divisoria Market, not a fish vendor as what Villar tries to project. A seafood dealer supplies the vendors. For a family of 11, they ate canned corned beef — which Manny Villar admitted on his earlier TV ad. His father was a government official, said to be a Budget Officer of the then DANR (Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources) under which was the Fisheries Bureau. Manny Villar studied in private schools — the Holy Child Catholic School for elementary and Mapua Institute of Technology for High School. Poor folks send their kids to public schools.

2. Villar’s parents must have had a sizeable combined income to be able to buy the San Rafael Village property. The 560 SQM size demonstrates their financial capacity. If they could, poor people buy lots sized less than 100 SQMs. Villar’s father must also be making a sizeable income from the government to be able to borrow P16,000 from the GSIS. In 1962, senior executives in big corporations made monthly salaries of about P2,000.

What Danny B. Villar’s DEATH CERTIFICATE reveals:

1. It is NOT TRUE that Danny died because they were poor and could not afford proper health care. The stated residence in Danny’s death certificate was the San Rafael Village property.

2. The BIG LIE is further proved by the fact that Danny stayed 13 days at the FEU (Far Eastern University) Hospital where he expired at age 3 years and 8 months. If they were really poor, the PGH (Philippine General Hospital) would have been the affordable hospital to bring Danny. He was definitely given proper health care. FEU Hospital was one of the top hospitals in 1962, before the establishment of the Makati Medical Center and St. Luke’s Hospital.

3. Danny died from CARDIAC and RESPIRATORY FAILURE resulting from COMPLICATIONS OF LEUKEMIA. In 1962, there was no bone marrow transplantation and chemotherapy yet and everyone whether rich or poor died from contracting leukemia.

4. Upon Danny’s death, his remains were turned over to LA FUNERARIA PAZ — then, until now, considered one of the top two mortuaries (Funeraria Nacional, the other). This further disproved Manny Villar’s claim that Danny died because they did not have the money to take care of him.

When Iggy Arroyo was seen as having taken the Jose Pidal rap for his elder brother Mike, many folks felt that it was rather low of Mike Arroyo to place his younger brother at risk. Our culture expects the older brother to protect the younger brother.

In that regard, we can consider Manny Villar as having done worse than Mike Arroyo. At least, Iggy Arroyo was alive and kicking and he could have opted to stay out of the Jose Pidal controversy. But in the case of Manny and Danny Villar, Danny was used to promote a myth when Danny was in no position to agree to his elder brother Manny’s portrayal of his death.

With the propagation of this ONCE POOR fantasy, don’t you think that Manny Villar also desecrated the memory and honor of his parents who strove to be able to provide their children quality education and an upper class domicile?

If Manny Villar can lie and use his dead younger brother like this, what makes you think that he will really improve and not worsen your life? What makes you think that he is not as greedy as he is being charged in this presidential campaign? What makes you think that you can trust Manny Villar?

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 Chair   Wrecker   e-mail and website: macesposo@yahoo.com and www.chairwrecker.com

Pati si Mike Velarde Huli sa Kanyang Kasinungalingan!

Ang sabi ni El Shaddai Leader Mike Velarde, siya ang nag-utos para gawing paliko-liko ang C-5 road extension ni Manny Villarroyo. Basahin natin ang transcript ng interview kay Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile base sa imbestigasyon nila sa kalokohang ito ni Manny Villarroyo.MAY NABANGGIT BA DITO SI ENRILE NA PANGALANG BROTHER MIKE VELARDE? NAHAWA NA SI VELARDE KAY VILLARROYO… BROTHER MIKE MASAMA PO PARA SA ISANG IGINAGALANG NA LIDER NG KULTO ANG MAGSINUNGALING!

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Q: Senate President Enrile, sa issue po ng nangyayari ngayon sa C-5, ito po ang malimit naming tinututukan dito.

JPE: Sabi nga ng iba diyan, C-5 at taga raw. Alam mo, itong si Manny Villar ay gustong pagtakpan itong ginawa niya. Siya ang promotor ng dalawang kalye. Siya ang promotor ng C-5 extension. Pinalitan niya ang alignment noong C-5 Link Expressway na ikakabit doon sa Macapagal Avenue. Inilihis niya para pumunta sa mga lupa niya sa pagitan ng Multinational at Sucat hanggang doon sa Quirino Avenue sa Las Piñas na kung saan napakadami ng lupa niya. Siya ang nagpondo. Siya ang kumuha ng pera sa budget upang pondohan ‘yon. Pati yung Php30 million para sa irigasyon ng mga farmers sa Cagayan na inilagay ko sa budget, kinuha niya at ginamit niya noong siya ang Chairman ng Finance Committee para doon sa C-5 project niya. At dahil diyan, kumita siya ng limpak-limpak na salapi na ngayo’y ginagamit niya upang siya’y maging sikat na kandidato sa pagka-Presidente. Kaya sabi ko, mahirap itong si Manny dahil binibili niya ‘yung kapangyarihan niya sa pagka-Presidente niya.

Q: ‘Yan ba ang takbo niyo rito sa issue na ‘to? Ako’y nagtataka kung bakit naman tuluyang nagkikibit-balikat na lang at hindi humaharap dito sa Komite na nagdidinig sa kasong ito.

JPE: Alam mo Jun, ‘yung manok kapag nasa galyera, kahit hindi lumalaban ay talo. Di ba? ‘Yung tandang na ilalaban sa pintakasi, na hindi lumalaban siya ang talo.

Q: Mayroong text po sa atin Senador, ito po bang pagkakabunyag sa Senado ay masasabi niyo po ba sa ating mga kababayan na talagang kayo at tinangkang suhulan ng ating promotor ng C-5 Extension Road ?

JPE: Totoo ‘yon, Jun. Maisusumpa ko sa buhay ng aking mga anak na totoo ‘yon na sinabi ni Manny Villar. Ewan ko lang kung maisusumpa niya sa buhay ng kaniyang mga anak na hindi totoo ang sinabi kong ‘yon. Mayroon akong testigo na makapagpapatunay na nagsisinungaling siya kung sinasabi niya na hindi niya sinabi ‘yon.

Q: I understand ho, Senador. Pero ngayon po ay pinasisinungalingan po ito nitong si Sen. Manny Villar. Sa katunayan nga, ang nagpapatunay nito ay ang kanyang endorser na si Dolphy na malinis ito, walang ginagawang masama, hindi nagnakaw. Ano po ang masasabi niyo rito?

JPE: Ewan ko lang kung inimbestigahan ni Dolphy ‘yung C-5 at saka ‘yung mga Camella, Palmera na mga bahay na pinagbili ni Villar. Maraming umaangal. Maraming mga tao na ang nagpupunta sa Senado at sinasabing ang mga bahay daw nila ay walang mga haligi. Bumabagsak.

Q:        Ako naman po ay nalulungkot dahil sa Senado po ngayon kung bakit nagkakaganito ang mga halal ng bayan.

JPE: Nakakalungkot nga. Ako naman ay tahimik lang na tao. Sa totoo lang, nagkamali si Manny Villar. Tinanggal niya kay Ping Lacson ‘yung imbestigasyon. Sana pinabayaan niya kay Ping Lacson, hindi abogado si Ping Lacson. Hindi siya sanay na magsuri ng ebidensiya na ipiniprisenta sa kanya. At pwede niya sabihing may motibo si Ping Lacson dahil kandidato noon si Ping Lacson sa pagka-presidente. Pero ako, ako ay ginawang Senate President. Hindi ko hiningi ‘yong trabaho na ‘yon. Ginawa nila akong Chairman ng Committee of the Whole para bigyan siya ng patas na laban.

Q: So ibig sabihin ba noon, pinahina niya ang kanyang pwersa diyan sa Senado?

JPE: Tama ‘yon at saka ang nangyayari ngayon ay parang ako ang kumakandidato ng pagka-Presidente at ako ang nilalabanan ni Manny Villar. Ako ay kumakandidato lang ng pagka-Senador. Baka gusto niyang kumandidato ng pagka-Senador? Pwede kaming mag-debate. Ayaw niyang makipag-debate. Ang ginagamit niya, ‘yung kanyang mga bukadora. Mayroon siyang mga bukadora. Maiinit ang ulo ng kanyang mga bukadora. Gumagamit sila ng mga maaanghang na salita doon sa kanilang mga kalaban. Ibig sabihin noon, kulang sila sa argumento. Sabi nga sa mga abugado, kung malakas ka sa facts sa kaso, pukpukin mo sa facts. Kung malakas sa batas, pukpukin mo ‘yung batas. Kung hindi ka malakas sa batas at facts ng kaso, pukpukin mo ang lamesa. Kaya ang ginagawa nila ngayon ay pinupukpok nila ang lamesa.

Q: Ano naman ang sinasabi niyo diyan na kaya raw umuusok ang inyong bumbunan at hawak-hawak niyo ang gavel, may tumatangka na agawan daw kayo ng posisyon. Sinasabi pa rin na kayo raw ang nagsabi na mayroon nang namumuno dun sa Senado para may kudeta.

JPE: Alam mo Jun, ako ay sanay sa kudeta. So, handa ako sa mga kudeta na ‘yan. Ang lumalabas ngayon ang ginagawa nila ay kudeting.

Q: Well, dito pa rin siya isyu na ito—itong napakalaking C-5 na ito na ang promotor nito ay itong si Manny Villar. Sinasabi raw niya na halos walang makapagsabi kung talagang ‘yung mga lupang dinaan niyan ay puro sa kanya.

JPE: ‘Yung Adelfa Corp. 52 percent ‘yung hawak niya diyan. ‘Yung asawa niya 48 percent.  Pagsamahin mo ‘yung dalawang figure na ‘yon, 100 percent na hawak nila ang korporasyon. At ‘yung mga korporasyon na ‘yon meron namang mga korporasyon na ‘yon may hawak na korporasyon ‘yung Golden Haven na ang daming lupa dun. Meron sigurong kulang-kulang na 60 hectares na lupa ‘yung kanyang Brittany . Ganoon din, ang daming lupa. Doon sa kabila ng Sucat kung alam niyo ‘yung Sucat Road , pagitan ng Sucat at Multi-national, kabi-kabilaan ang dinadaanang kalye na ginawa niyang daan niya. Ngayon, akalain mo itong kalye na dapat ay straight para makatipid ang gobyerno ay lumiko. Paliko-liko para dun sa lupa ni Manny Villar. Kaya sabi ko nga, ang galing naman ng mga nandito sa Vilar side. Paliko-liko na ‘yung ginawa nilang kalye. Paliko-liko rin ang kanilang argumento para gumaan ‘yung usapan nila sa kanilang panig.

Q: Pero Senador, meron ba talaga tayong patunay diyan na itong mga lupang ito na parang dinaanan ng sawa ay puro kanya?

JPE: Oo. Meron ding mga tao na may dinaanan na kalye na katabi ng mga lupain niya. Ang misteryo diyan, ang lupa  niya mataas ang presyo pero ‘yung katabi, ‘yung karatig na dinaanan din ng kalye ay mababa. ‘Yung karatig ay P4,000 per sq. m lang, ‘yung kanya ay P20 million per sq. m.

Q: Halimbawa bumaba ang pagdinig nito sa Senado ay mapatunayang guilty nga itong ating Sen. Manny Vilar na ngayon ay nahaharap sa paghahatol ng ating mga kababayan bilang president ng ating bansa. Ano ngayon ang mangyayari sa kanya?

JPE: May ebidensiya nga. Ayon sa ebidensiya, guilty.

Q: So ano po ngayon ang mangyayari?

JPE: Magbobotohan.

Q: So sakali nga po ngayon kung mapatunayan nga ang mga nangyari kay Villar?

JPE: Magpapatuloy pa rin siya na Senador pero pagsasabihan mo lang siya na wag mo nang uulitin ‘yan. Kung uulitin naman, sasabihan naman ang taong bayan. Sabihan mo ang mga kapwa mo Senador para alam nila na ‘yung kinukuha mong pera sa budget na ginagamit mo sa proyekto na ‘yan ay may pakinabang ka.

Q: Akala ko ipapakulong niyo.

JPE: Ay hindi. Iba na ‘yun kung sa korte na ‘yun, pwedeng makulong.

Q: Well, ano naman ang masasabi niyo sa inasal ng ating magaling kahapon diyan itong Senador na hinahangaan ko na matapang na si Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago?

JPE: Alam mo Jun, ako’y takot dun sa Senadora na ‘yun eh. Nung ako ‘yung magtalumpati sinasabi ako raw ay nambabastos. Ang sabi ko lang ay hindi niya napag-aralan ‘yung nangyari sa Senado natin na ako mismo ay na-censure na napahiya siguro siya dahil hindi niya napag-aralan ‘yun kaya pumutok ang kanyang butsi at umusok ang kanyang utak kaya nagsisisigaw dun sa Senado at hindi niya pinag-aralan ‘yung record ng US Congress kung saan natin kinopya ang Saligang Batas natin at doon ang mga Senador kapag expulsion o suspension, 2/3 ang vote. Kapag censure, majority lamang.  Kaya sinabi ko, kung inaakala mo na iniinsulto  kita ay magsamapa ka ng kaso sa husgado at haharapin kita doon.

Q: So doon natapos ‘yon?

JPE: Oo, doon natapos ‘yon. Ako Jun, hindi ako nagwalk-out, nagpunta lang ako sa kasilyas.

Q: Senador Enrile, hawak niyo po ngayon ang mga isinumiteng ebidensiya ng reklamo kay Senador Villar. Sa tingin niyo po ba ngayon ay ito ay substantial nang naglabasan?

JPE: Kung isasampa mo ang kaso sa husgado, siya ay papasok sa bilangguan. Gusto ko lang sabihin na nalulungkot ako sapagkat ‘yung Senadora na tinutukoy mo, inaanak ko sa kasal ‘yon. Ninininong-ninong niya ako pagkatapos ako ang unang nagbigay sa kanya ng trabaho noong siya ay bagong graduado sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas at ako ang Secretary of Justice. Pero ako naman, ako naman ang pumigil sa kanyang confirmation noong siya ay ginawang Secretary of Agrarian Reforms ni Cory Aquino dahil tungkol sa isang kotse na kinuha na pag-aari ng ibang tao. Alam mo naman Jun na ako’y hindi nagyayabang na abogado. Hindi ko sinasabi na ako  ay magaling na manananggol pero sa examination ay 92 percent ang average ko pero may iba diyan na halos bumagsak.###

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From: Duwag Satondo <duwagsatondo53@gmail.com>
To: krait_2713@yahoo.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 10:51:56 AM
Subject: PATI SI MIKE VELARDE HULI SA KANYANG KASINUNGALINGAN!

Who owns a house like this?

Even if you don’t care about houses just take a look:

Who would have such taste or live in such opulence?

An American Billionaire?
A Saudi Prince?
Louis XIV of France ?

Savour the pictures then scroll to the bottom of the page to see who owns this Work of Art.

This Mansion is in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA and belongs to:
Senator Manny Villar of the PHILIPPINES

While Filipinos starve, and die because of abject poverty ….and while Sen. Villar brags that he had poor beginnings and he had helped his poor countrymen over and over again… but look now.. he and his family live like this…….his GREED kills his poverty stricken fellow Filipinos .  So please consider this seriously in the upcoming elections.
PLEASE send this to everyone you know.
They can send it to everyone they know.
Soon Filipinos around the world will know what this man is doing to the people he wishes to serve if elected President.

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What’s Villar Running For, or From?

FRANKLY SPEAKING
by Frank Wenceslao

Many overseas Filipinos are asking: Is Sen. Manuel Villar running for uplifting our poor countrymen, or from prosecution for the crimes he, Mrs. Villar and close associates are probably guilty of in their rush to build up a real estate development empire and mind-boggling personal net worth of close to $1 billion in only 16 years while the couple is members of Congress?

Up to now Villar maintains he’s from a poor Tondo family. Hence, using as baseline his 1992 statement of assets, liabilities and net worth when first elected to Congress it’s incredible he’d build up a billion-dollar net worth at the end of 2008 even under the most favorable conditions, hence beyond the realm of statistical probability.

Villar should’ve known once he announced his run for president the evidence of his wrongdoings will emerge. Or could this really be his plan to brave the run perhaps by buying the office for it’d be his “safe harbor” anyway? Note that Villar’s spending money for his campaign as though really running from the arms of law.

Another bomb was unleashed by former Senate president Franklin Drilon last week that Villar’s company, Crown Communities Iloilo, bought 12.7 hectares in Jibao-an, Pavia, Iloilo from farmer beneficiaries and converted this first-class irrigated rice land into a residential enclave, Savannah Subdivision.

Drilon claims that under the law, it is illegal to convert first-class irrigated agricultural land into a subdivision. That’s exactly what Villar did in developing the Savannah Subdivision. Drilon charged Villar of the crime as he presented tax declarations and other documents obtained from the provincial government.

Drilon said Villar had obtained approval of the Department of Agrarian Reform to convert the agriculture land into a residential area only in 2007, seven years after construction of the subdivision started in 2000. Hence, a criminal act has gone on for 5 years before the conversion was approved, which should’ve sufficed for the DAR to file criminal action unless, of course, Villar fixed it.

Drilon added that Villar used P4 million of his pork barrel funds to build a 585-meter national road that led right into the entrance of Savannah. “This is the only public works project of Villar in the province,” said Drilon at the Iloilo press conference.

Drilon said that Villar, not content with the 12-hectare Savannah property, bought the adjoining rice lands in the area and amassed a total of 250 hectares of land to expand his residential community. The farmers had no choice but to sell their property, said Drilon, because their irrigation supply had been cut off with Villar’s conversion of the Savannah property which was the primary source of water in the area.

Is this a sample of Villar’s social conscience he’d bring to the presidency?

Drilon, who naturally faces a libel suit if his claims weren’t true, said the source of water was cut off and led to the destruction of irrigation canals whose costs should be charged to Villar the same way the Senate is asking him to reimburse the government of close to P7 billion for the feasibility studies, engineering design and plans, and other preparatory work wasted when Villar’s pressured DPWH officials to change the C-5 road extension alignment to “snake” through and provide ingress and egress for 23 Villar-owned or controlled housing subdivisions arching over parts of Metro Manila, Cavite and Laguna.

Villar’s workers back-filled the canals so they can be classified as non-serviceable, said Drilon, who noted that the value of Villar’s Pavia property in Iloilo shot up to P3,500 per square meter from less than P150 per square meter.

Drilon further said, “This is what we call C-5 and a half. Regardless if it is only half a kilometer, it shows the lack of decency on the part of the developer, Senator Villar, who simply set aside all interest of the CARP beneficiaries to be able to pursue his business interests. The C-5 controversy is simply a tip [of] the iceberg. It is a pattern we now see. We are aware of other subdivisions all over the country where similar practice was followed.”

As usual, Villar dismissed the charges the same way he did the Senate Committee Report No. 780 on the C-5 road extension scandal which, according to Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, a Harvard-trained lawyer, presents a strong case against Villar and if the issue was brought to court and handled by a good prosecutor, the presidential aspirant “will end up in jail.”

Sen. Jamby Madrigal who first brought the charges on C-5 against Villar and his corporations for the insertions he made in the national budget to cover the road extension costs. The insertions are the same as “earmarks” that brought members of the US Congress to jail.

There’s another property bought by Northwinds Prime Properties Inc. (a Villar company) for the amount of Php120,196,780.00 from Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corp. was mortgaged to Capitol Development Bank (a Villar-owned thrift bank) under the name of ADR Farms in the amount of Php150,000,000.00 on July 4, 1996 which was used as collateral for a Php1,500,000,000.00 emergency loan from Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and eventually sold to RCBC Savings Bank by Capitol Bank and then finally bought back by Palmera Homes Inc. (another Villar company).

Here again is a criminal act involving the BSP in questionable private business transactions whose benefits solely accrued to Villar’s owned Capitol Development Bank, Palmera Homes Inc. and, of course, himself.

It’s a fact an important aspect of a crime an investigator looks into is modus operandi. It’s undeniable that Villar’s MO is to acquire undeveloped lands that a road project is planned or can be made to traverse which he’d hasten through insertions in the national budget or using his pork barrel for road construction to the property, inflate its loan value and borrow housing development funds from government lending institutions.

Very neat, isn’t it? Even Mafia mobsters wanting to go legitimate couldn’t have thought of such criminal enterprise. Pamusa’s volunteer Filipino counsels are unanimous that Villar is probably guilty of “corrupt practices of public officers” under the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (RA 3019) Sections 3(a) and 3(e).

Overseas Filipinos are urging the Ombudsman and Integrated Bar of the Philippines members to act immediately and cleanse our electoral system so an elective office especially the presidency in Villar’s case or Congress in Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s case wouldn’t be a “safe harbor” for crimes they’ve committed with impunity.

Moreover, there’re surely evidence that GMA and Villar have “seriously violated laws on US soil” which the FBI can immediately investigate under the US-RP Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty and file the needed legal action in the US which should compel GMA and Villar to withdraw their candidacies, to wit:

1. Mail or Wire Fraud – transferring to the U.S. illegally earned funds or from the proceeds of corruption.

2. Money Laundering – transferring, investing and depositing in the U.S. banking or financial system illegally earned funds or from the proceeds of corruption.

3. Racketeering – violation of the RICO Act which provides that a person who is a member of an enterprise that has committed any two of 35 crimes—27 federal and 8 state crimes —within a 10-year period can be charged with racketeering. Those found guilty of racketeering can be fined up to $250,000 and/or sentenced to 20 years in prison per racketeering count. In addition, the racketeer must forfeit all ill-gotten gains and interest in any business gained through a pattern of “racketeering activity.” RICO also permits a private individual harmed by the actions of such an enterprise to file a civil suit; if successful, the individual can collect treble damages.

When the United States Attorney (prosecutor) decides to indict someone under RICO, he or she has the option of seeking a pre-trial restraining order or injunction to temporarily seize a defendant’s assets and prevent the transfer of potentially forfeitable property, as well as require the defendant to put up a performance bond. This provision was placed in the law because the owners of Mafia-related shell corporation often absconded with the assets. An injunction and/or performance bond ensures that there is something to seize in the event of a guilty verdict.

In many cases, the threat of a RICO indictment can force defendants to plead guilty to lesser charges, in part because the seizure of assets would make it difficult to pay a defense attorney. Despite its harsh provisions, a RICO-related charge is considered easy to prove in court, as it focuses on patterns of behavior as opposed to criminal acts.

Norwalk, CA – 021310

Source: http://globalbalita.com/2010/02/14/whats-villar-running-for-or-from/