Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) President and Chief Executive Officer Lorenzo Tan’s legal counsel Francis Lim called on lawyer Ferdinand Topacio to stop dragging Tan’s name into the $81-million money laundering scandal plaguing the bank.

In a statement, Lim said Topacio should realize that his client, RCBC Jupiter Branch manager Maia Deguito, had admitted in a radio interview that she only “assumed” Tan knew about the $81-million transaction that is now being investigated by anti-money laundering authorities.

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