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DOJ asked to seek extradition from US of British businessman allegedly involved in P12-M estafa case in PH

Published Jun 4, 2025 02:20 pm

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been asked to seek the extradition from the United States of a British businessman who has been ordered arrested by a Philippine court on a non-bailable P12 million estafa case.

In a letter to DOJ Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla, through Chief State Counsel Dennis Arvin L. Chan, Pasay City Prosecutor Elmer Cris L. Rillo asked the department to seek the extradition of British national Lavish Mohan Paryani, 46, who resides in California.

“Mr. Paryani is one of the accused in a criminal case, entitled ‘People of the Philippines v. Lavish Mohan Paryani and Reigna Reyes, docketed as Criminal Case No. R-PSY-24-01873-CR pending before the Regional Trial Court, Branch 112 of Pasay City for the crime of Estafa under paragraph 2(d) of the Revised Penal Code as amended by RA (Republic Act) 10951 punishable by reclusion perpetua,” Prosecutor Rillo told Secretary Remulla.

“To date, a Warrant of Arrest dated Oct. 11, 2024 with no bail recommended has been issued by Ronald August L. Tan, Acting Presiding Judge of the said branch,” he added.

Published reports stated that Reyes was arrested on Oct. 11, 2024 by operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Southern District Field-Unit (CIDG-SDFU). Paryani, however, remained at large.

Rillo endorsed to the DOJ the May 13 letter-request of Maria Anita T. Turqueza, the authorized representative of complainant Rheana’s Trading, Inc.

In the letter, lawyer Cecilio M. Jimeno Jr., the legal counsel of Rheana, informed the DOJ that Paryani was found to have fled the Philippines for California on April 7, 2024.

Jimeno said the case stemmed from the P10 million that was released by Rheana in April 2024 as a loan to Paryani and Reyes who secured the loan “thru deceit and misrepresentation.”

“The deceit and misrepresentation were accomplished by Mr. Paryani and his cohort by making it appear that they, thru the company Ley Lahs 888, have obtained purchase orders from a known Hotel & Casino in Manila but which later on turned out to be a complete fabrication,” Jimeno said.  

“What is more, according to Rheana's Trading, Inc., they would not have extended the loan to Mr. Paryani and his cohort were it not for their issuance of a Banco De Oro (BDO) Check worth P12,000,000, with the excess P2,000,000 as Mr. Paryani's promised return,” he added.

However, when the check became due on July 17, 2024, Jimeno said “the same bounced due to insufficiency of funds, contrary to their assurances that the said check is good and duly funded.”

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