Napoles affidavit names 100 lawmakers in scam

Janet Napoles implicated more than 100 lawmakers in the corruption scandal in affidavits submitted to the justice department.  Napoles is the woman in the center of the scam accused of setting up fake NGOs to corner lawmakers’ pork barrel allocations in exchange for kickbacks. Whistleblowers initially named opposition lawmakers – now her affidavit linked allies of the Aquino administration. It included 9 former senators — Rodolfo Biazon, Loi Estrada, Robert Jaworski, Ramon Magsaysay, Tessie Aquino Oreta, Nene Pimentel and current senators Bongbong Marcos, Cynthia Villar, and Lito Lapid. Earlier, Napoles also asked for immunity for her children, but senators said they played key roles in the corruption scandal.

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