"plainbeauty."
Yes, that's the password used by suspected pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles whenever she opens her secret records and documents in her desktop computer, according to PDAF whistle-blower Benhur Luy.
Taking the witness stand for the prosecution in Sandiganbayan on Thursday, Luy testified about the elaborate scheme which Napoles allegedly designed to hoodwink the government billions of pesos in Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) allocations of senators and representatives.
Answering questions from the prosecution during his direct examination, Luy maintained that it was Napoles who ordered him and other employees of JLN Corp. to process various documents pertaining to public funds which were funneled into the bogus nongovernment organizations established by Napoles.
He also accused detained Sen. Bong Revilla of endorsing Napoles-linked NGOs as recipients of his PDAF allocations and authorizing lawyer Richard Cambe to collect his “rebates” or kickbacks on the senator’s behalf.
“I was responsible for recording the day-to-day transactions of JLN Corporation. I also prepared a summary of disbursement reports,” Luy told the Sandiganbayan First Division at the continuation of the hearing on Revilla’s bail petition.
“There were records encoded in an iMac computer which has a password of ‘plainbeauty,’” he said, eliciting giggles from those inside the courtroom, including Revilla and his wife, Cavite Rep. Lani Mercado.
He said he personally saw Cambe deliver copies of notice of cash allocations (NCAs) and special allotment release orders (Saros) from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) as part of the requirement for the initial payment of Revilla’s share.--Source: Inquirer