The Office of the Ombudsman has found basis to file before the Sandiganbayan graft and malversation charges against former Davao City First District Rep. Prospero Nograles and several others in connection with the allegedly anomalous use of Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel fund when he was the caretaker congressman of Misamis Oriental's First District.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Ombudsman's office found probable cause to charge the respondents with graft, malversation and malversation through falsification of public documents in connection with P47.5 million of the PDAF of former Misamis Oriental First District Rep. Danilo Lagbas who died in 2008.

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