Court junks forfeiture bid over $5M in Romualdez clan Swiss account

MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the government’s bid to forfeit the alleged “unexplained wealth” worth over $5 million in the Swiss accounts owned by the late Benjamin “Kokoy” Romualdez and his wife Juliette Gomez-Romualdez. The antigraft court’s Sixth Division dismissed the Office of Solicitor General’s (OSG) motion for reconsideration filed in November last