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VP Sara's husband adds SEC, Insurance Commission chiefs to bank data leak complaint

Published May 13, 2026 05:17 pm

At A Glance

  • VP Sara Duterte's husband, lawyer Manases Carpio, added SEC Chairman Francis Edralin Lim and Insurance Commissioner Reynaldo Regalado to a criminal complaint over alleged bank data leaks
  • The complaint accuses AMLC officials of illegally disclosing confidential financial records during a House hearing
  • Preliminary investigation hearings are scheduled on May 15 and May 29 before the Quezon City Prosecutor's Office
The husband of Vice President Sara Duterte, lawyer Manases Carpio, files an addendum complaint before the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office naming SEC and Insurance Commission officials in the alleged AMLC bank data leak case. (Manila Bulletin / file)
The husband of Vice President Sara Duterte, lawyer Manases Carpio, files an addendum complaint before the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office naming SEC and Insurance Commission officials in the alleged AMLC bank data leak case. (Manila Bulletin / file)
The husband of Vice President Sara Duterte, lawyer Manases R. Carpio, has added the heads of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Insurance Commission (IC) as respondents in a criminal complaint over the alleged illegal disclosure of bank records.
In an addendum filed before the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday, May 13, Carpio named SEC Chairman Francis Edralin Lim and Insurance Commissioner Reynaldo Regalado as additional respondents in the case.
The complaint stems from the alleged public disclosure of confidential financial records during a House Committee on Justice hearing on April 22, 2026.
Carpio accused officials of the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) of unlawfully revealing private financial transactions, including insurance payments, time deposits, investments, and utility bills, allegedly in violation of the Anti-Money Laundering Act, bank secrecy laws, and the Data Privacy Act.
Under the Anti-Money Laundering Act, the AMLC is composed of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas governor as chairman, along with the heads of the SEC and the Insurance Commission as council members.
The initial complaint filed on April 27 already included BSP Governor and AMLC Chairman Eli Remolona Jr., AMLC Executive Director Ronel Buenaventura, and lawmakers Gerville Reyes-Luistro, Percival Cendaña, Jose Manuel Diokno, and Leila de Lima, along with several unidentified John and Jane Does.
Carpio argued that, because the AMLC acts collectively and requires unanimous action, the council members are responsible for the public testimony given by Buenaventura during the congressional hearing.
According to the filing, reply letters from Lim and Regalado indicated that the AMLC’s actions were undertaken within its institutional authority.
“The AMLC maintains that its actions are undertaken strictly in accordance with the law and its institutional mandate,” Lim reportedly said in a reply letter dated May 4 cited in the complaint.
Regalado likewise reportedly stated that the council’s actions were within its legal authority.
Carpio claimed these responses showed that the disclosure of his and the Vice President’s financial information had the prior knowledge, approval, or acquiescence of the council members.
“Based on the above replies of respondents Lim and Regalado, it is evident that respondent Buenaventura's public disclosure of my bank records and informations [sic], worse, testimony in the HCOJ on April 22, 2026, was with the prior knowledge, approval and/or acquiescence of respondents Lim and Regalado,” Carpio said.
The complaint maintains that there is prima facie evidence to charge the respondents for the alleged unauthorized disclosure of AMLC reports and confidential banking information.
Carpio also asked the prosecutor’s office to issue subpoenas directing the newly added respondents to submit their counter-affidavits.
Quezon City Senior Assistant City Prosecutor Charisma Reyda Manauis has scheduled preliminary investigation hearings for May 15 and May 29.

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