A senior graft investigator of the Office of the Ombudsman and his cousin labor arbiter were arrested in an entrapment operation on July 20 in Lingayen, Pangasinan.

National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Dante Gierran on Saturday presented to the media Leonardo Nicolas, senior graft investigator in the Office of the Ombudsman, and his cousin Isagani Nicolas, a labor arbiter of the National Labor Relations Commission, who were arrested after receiving money they demanded from Rep. Amado Espino of Pangasinan and his son Mayor Jumel Espino of Bugallon.

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