Maia S. Deguito, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) ex-branch manager. AP FILE PHOTO
Former Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) branch manager Maia Deguito is set to face trial alone for money laundering charges in connection with last year’s $81-million cyberheist on the Bangladeshi central bank after complaints against her co-accused were dropped.
In a telephone interview, an audibly distraught Deguito said she is currently in the process of posting an as yet unspecified amount of bail at a Makati City court for eight counts of money laundering.
“Sobrang obvious naman nito (this is too obvious),” she said, explaining that charges against all other parties in the biggest money laundering case in the country’s history, leaving her, the lowest ranking official among all the bankers involved, to face the courts alone.
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“You know me, I have no connections,” Deguito added. “Talagang nakakalungkot (It really saddens me).”
She said she is currently being assisted by her lawyer, and that they have just received a copy of the Department of Justice resolution which excluded the owners of the shuttered money changer Philrem, Michael and Salud Bautista.
