Philippine Police Arrest Mike Defensor, Joseph Espiritu in P75 Million Plunder Case
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Updated · Inquirer.net · Jul 6
Philippine Police Arrest Mike Defensor, Joseph Espiritu in P75 Million Plunder Case
3 articles · Updated · Inquirer.net · Jul 6
Summary
Mike Defensor and businessman Joseph Espiritu were arrested Monday in Quezon City and were being taken to the Sandiganbayan over a non-bailable plunder case.
The case centers on the alleged non-disclosure of P75 million in campaign donations tied to Senator Rodante Marcoleta during the last elections.
Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla said police nabbed the two while they were having coffee at a Starbucks branch in Quezon City.
The Office of the Ombudsman filed the plunder case at the Sandiganbayan, where it was raffled to the court's Third Division on Friday morning.
Defensor and Espiritu are co-accused with Marcoleta in a case stemming from donations allegedly made with Aristotle Viray before Marcoleta's 2025 Senate run.