Sunday, February 20, 2011

LTO CHIEF TIED TO CAR THEFT


By Nancy C. Carvajal, Philippine Daily Inquirer
virginia torresVirginia Torres, chief of the Land Transportation Office (LTO), and 25 other LTO and police personnel are facing criminal and administrative charges for allegedly facilitating the registration of stolen vehicles, the Philippine Daily Inquirer has learned.

A Feb. 2 report prepared by Chief Supt. Leonardo A. Espina, head of the Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG), showed that a criminal complaint was filed in the Department of Justice on May 7, 2009, against Torres in connection with the illegal registration of a Mitsubishi Pajero while she was the LTO head in Tarlac City.
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