WITH help from the Philippine National Police, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) has arrested a 40-year-old woman for supposedly offering fast issuance of a driver’s license in an entrapment operation in Barangay Pinyahan, Quezon City.
LTO chief Vigor Mendoza II identified the suspect as Desire Daginod from Pandi, Bulacan.
He, however, said Daginod’s alleged cohort, a certain Gerlo Gomez, 35, was able to elude arrest. Reports reached the LTO that several fixers were again offering services to applicant-motorists, and that Daginod had advertised her illegal activities on her Facebook account.
The agency’s intelligence agents, along with the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group operatives, conducted a surveillance and an entrapment operation that led to the arrest of Daginod last Tuesday afternoon.
“This person was facilitating instant issuance and processing of driver’s license without undergoing proper procedures in exchange for an excessive amount of fee,” Mendoza said.
Further investigation showed the suspect also offered service for illegal transactions at the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board. According to Mendoza, the suspect would be charged with violation of Republic Act 11032 or the Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007, Article 210 (direct bribery) of the Revised Penal Code and Section 6 of RA 10175 or Anti-CyberCrime Prevention Act of 2012.
