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AMELIA CARMELA CONSTANTINO ZOLETA, PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN [FOURTH DIVISION] AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS.

AMELIA CARMELA CONSTANTINO ZOLETA, PETITIONER, VS. THE HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN [FOURTH DIVISION] AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 185224 | 2015-07-29

SECOND DIVISION
 
DECISION

BRION, J.:

We resolve the petition for review on certiorari[1] filed by petitioner Amelia Carmela Constantino Zoleta assailing the November 5, 2008 decision[2] of the Sandiganbayan (Fourth Division) in Criminal Case No. 28326.
 
The case stemmed from an anonymous complaint filed against the petitioner, Mary Ann Gadian, and Sheryll Desiree Tangan before the Office of the Ombudsman-Mindanao (Ombudsman) for participating in the scheme of questionable grants and donations to fictitious entities using provincial funds. As a result of this complaint, the Commission on Audit (COA) conducted a special audit in...