Leyte town councilors face estafa complaint

ALBUERA, Leyte: All members of the Municipal Council of Albuera, including the council secretary, are facing estafa charges before the Office of the Ombudsman after a retired police officer filed a complaint against them.

A certain Alfredo Bucabuca, a resident of Barangay Tinag-an filed a complaint of estafa through falsification of public documents, dishonesty and grave misconduct for alleged willful, intentional and malicious conspiracy to defraud the government of the Philippines by misappropriating government funds using fake Philippine Councilors League original (PCL) receipt.