The Sandiganbayan on Friday (October 20) sentenced businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles to at least 60 years in prison after convicting her in the case involving the illegal use of priority development assistance funds (PDAF) in 2007.
The Sandiganbayan’s Special Second Division released a 57-page document confirming that Napoles was guilty of four counts of malversation of public funds, with a total prison term of at least 40 years.
She was also convicted of four counts of graft, adding 24 more years to her sentence.
The court also ordered Napoles to return P20,910,000 to the National Treasury, which represented the amount that was illegally disbursed.
The decision was penned by Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Edgardo Callona, with Justices Arthur Malabaguio and Bernelito Fernandez concurring.