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Report on the financial audit etc.

REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL AUDIT CONDUCTED ON THE BOOKS OF ACCOUNTS OF MR. AGERICO P. BALLES, MTCC-OCC, TACLOBAN CITY.

A.M. No. P-05-2065 | 2009-04-02

D E C I S I O N


Per Curiam:

On October 25, 2004, the Financial Audit Team of the Office of the Court Administrator (FAT- OCA) conducted an examination of the books of accounts of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC) of Tacloban, Leyte. The examination covered the period from 1 October 1989 to 30 September 2004 during the tenure of Mr. Agerico P. Balles (Balles), the Clerk of Court of the MTCC.

In its Memorandum[1] dated June 15, 2005, the FAT-OCA reported to the then Court Administrator Presbitero J. Velasco, Jr.,[2] the following initial findings: (1) shortage of P213,466.87 in the Fiduciary Fund; and (2) cash shortage of...