Qualified theft charges have been filed before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against four persons for stealing iPhones worth P25.6 million from Productivity Technology Services, Inc. (PTSI), the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said on Friday, August 16.

In a statement, the NBI identified those charged as PTSI account executive Joriz De Guzman Managa; Kim Bustamante Dela Cruz, an accredited supplier of PTSI; PTSI logistics supervisor Richard Candido Alegonza; and PTSI accounting staff Vina Liza Abon Garillo who is also the girlfriend of Managa.

They were charged with qualified theft thru falsification of commercial documents, it said.

It added that  Managa and Dela Cruz were also charged with violation of the Anti-Money Laundering Act.

“In sum, Joriz fabricated a total of seventy-three (73) customer conformes, caused 73 manipulated purchase transactions, and falsified seven (7) purchase request forms, and one (1) purchase order. These resulted in PTSI’s loss amounting to a total of Php 25,669,900.00,” said the NBI.

“Joriz and his cohorts stole and sold the iPhones, and appropriated and divided the proceeds among themselves. During the administrative proceedings conducted by the PTSI, Joriz admitted to all the acts complained against him, and narrated the roles of Kim, Richard, and Vina in the commission of the theft,” it added. 

The NBI said the case was filed after “the Productivity Technology Services, Inc. (PTSI), a company engaged in the business of trading computer hardware, software, electronic gadgets, and other allied services, lodged multiple complaints before the NBI for theft of PTSI’s iPhones in the total amount of Php 25,669,900.” 

It said that results of investigation showed that there were “several unauthorized purchase transactions through fake orders, ghost deliveries, and re-directed deliveries were made by Joriz De Guzman Managa, PTSI’s Account Executive in connivance with Kim Bustamante Dela Cruz, regular supplier of PTSI accredited as Wil-Son Choy/AKJ Gadgets Shop; Richard Candido Alegonza, PTSI’s Logistics Supervisor; and Vina Liza Abon Garillo, PTSI’s Accounting Staff, and girlfriend of Joriz D. Manga.”

“Joriz D. Managa made it appear that there were legitimate demands for iPhones from PTSI customers by fabricating customer conformes, when in fact, no order was actually made as confirmed by PTSI’s customers. In order to conceal the deliveries, Richard Candido Alegonza, PTSI’s Logistics Supervisor, deleted the entries pertaining to the falsified conformes from the accounting system and the Excel manual record of inventories,” it also said. 

“Joriz and Kim Bustamante Dela Cruz established an agreement that no actual delivery would be made for any of the involved purchase orders. To facilitate the purchase, Joriz admitted to forging the signature of PTSI’s Marketing Manager on some occasions. PTSI paid Kim twenty-three (23) checks which were all debited from the bank accounts of PTSI. To conceal the transactions, Vina Liza Abon Garillo, PTSI’s Accounting Staff and Joriz’s girlfriend, deleted certain system entries and Joriz hid the sales invoices to prevent the company from tracking the supposed deliveries,” it added.