The Manila Times
MANASES “Mans” Carpio, the husband of Vice President Sara Duterte, is expected to file on Monday, April 27, a criminal complaint before the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office against four lawmakers, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) governor and head of the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) over the couple’s “sensitive” bank transactions divulged during a House committee hearing. Carpio said there is “prima facie” evidence to charge BSP Governor Eli Remolona Jr., AMLC Executive Director Ronel Buenaventura, and Representatives Gerville Reyes Luistro, Percival Cendaña, Jose Manuel “Chel” Diokno and Leila de Lima, and several unnamed respondents. Carpio’s lawyer, Peter Paul Danao, said the respondents would be facing charges in violation of Republic Act 9160 (Anti-Money Laundering Act), RA 1405 (Bank Secrecy Law), and RA 10173 (Data Privacy Act). “It is indisputable that the AMLC reports involving my and my wife VP Sara’s banking transactions are sensitive information that cannot be disclosed to anyone,” Carpio said. “Yet, respondents openly divulged these banking transaction reports in a public hearing before the House Committee on Justice,” he said. He maintained that he and his wife did not consent to any public disclosure of the “absolutely confidential AMLC reports, much less the alleged bank transactions” cited by the respondents. Carpio said the respondents have “criminally and feloniously” disclosed and unraveled the alleged transaction reports without his consent and despite his objection. The public disclosure of alleged bank transaction reports of his and his wife from 2006 to 2025 was “for pure propaganda purposes,” Carpio said. Danao said his client strongly objects to the “conspiratorial act of disclosing and divulging to the general public the purported reports of banks to the AMLC concerning their account deposits, withdrawal, bank balances and related records without prior notice nor prior written consent.” “The prohibition is absolute. There is no exception. In fact, even the media are not authorized to divulge bank transaction reports,” the lawyer said.
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