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How do you bring P125 M cold cash out of the bank?

Gina Acosta, former special disbursing officer at the Office of the Vice President, took the witness stand at the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte on Aug. 17.

By Bullit Marquez

Aug 18, 2026

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Gina Acosta, former special disbursing officer at the Office of the Vice President, took the witness stand at the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte on Aug. 17.

 

She related that she encashed the P125 million check for the confidential funds of  Duterte at Land Bank Shaw Boulevard branch on Dec. 20, 2022. She  placed the money in four duffel bags and as instructed by Duterte, turned them over to Col. Raymund Lachica, chief of the Vice-Presidential Security and Protection Group.

 

In these photos, she was demonstrating the height and width of the stacked P125 million in P1 million bundles.

 

Photos by Bullit Marquez for VERA Files.

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