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Pinay in textbook scam wanted in the US for swindling

by VERA Files

Mr and Mrs Smith
Mr and Mrs Smith
The woman who shook the nation by delivering P3 million in bribes to Malacañang 11 years ago is wanted in the United States for swindling and is believed to be in hiding in the Philippines.

Former textbook agent Mary Ann T. Maslog, who tried bribing officials of the Department of Budget and Management in 1999 so that her firm could wangle a P200 million textbook contract, is now Mary Ann Smith and married to an American who allegedly became her partner in crime.

Court records in Orange County in Florida show that Maslog is wanted for theft and scheme to defraud. She is facing charges of grand theft amounting to more than $100,000 and scheme to defraud in the amount of $50,000 which are classified as criminal felonies punishable with imprisonment.

Maslog also has been charged with civil traffic infraction for improper backing.

A source who participated in the investigation, and who asked to be identified only as James Katarungan, told VERA Files that Maslog operates with her husband, Michael Lee Smith, who hails from Virginia.

Katarungan said Maslog has a bag of tricks and the more successful one is where she takes a job as a salesperson with a reputable company, normally in radio or print advertising.

After a few months, her husband gets an office in or near the building where she works, identifying himself as a sort of a career guidance counselor. The two then promise their victims jobs at the company where Maslog works, although she is in no position to do so.

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39 Comments

  1. chi chi

    Huh, napagod ako sa kababasa ng kasalanan/crimes ng babaeng ito! Baka nagpabago na ng mukha si Maslog at Lee gaya ng ginagawa ng ibang kriminal na tulad nila. Kung wala sa Pinas at Amerika baka nasa Europa naman gumagawa ng kalokohan.

  2. chi chi

    “We often stay in relationships that aren’t healthy for us. Sometimes emotionally abusive or physically abusive. Many women live every day in unhealthy relationships because of many reasons.”

    She can commit lots of crimes but can’t shape up her life by making right choices. This runs contrast to her having a “strong personality”. Pareho ito ni Gloria Arroyo, meron din daw strong personality.

  3. Pareho ito ni Gloria Arroyo, meron din daw strong personality. — Chi

    Hehehe! Hope Gloria gets to read this post and your comment Chi. She might also wake up one day and say, “I realised I was in love with Perez (kapitbahay ni Magno.)”

  4. chi chi

    Hahahaha!!! Si Perez, kapitbahay ni Magno. Hehehe!!! O, kumusta na kaya si Gloria Orchidia?

  5. Chi,

    Hah! Didn’t you know? Magno has “Class A Listers” for neighbours, Mendoza (ex DOTC chief and then lil president), Rene de Villa (ex DND, presidential candidate, coup d’état leader against Erap, Exec secretary), Leonardo Perez (ex DOJ, and suspect in one of the early Malacanang scams along with Arranz), etc., etc.

    (Hihihihih)

  6. chi chi

    Leonardo ba is Nani? Ang yaman ni Magno sa kapitbahay na mga pilipit. hehehe!

  7. chi, all of a sudden, not sure anymore… but you’re right they call him Nani.

  8. chi chi

    Anna, it’s Ernani! Suddenly it flashed on me.

  9. MPRivera MPRivera

    Anna, ha?

    Gumaganti ka.

    Pero sa totoo, hindi lang kapitbahay ko ang mga ‘yan. Mga pangalan ng alagang aso namin. Mali kayo kay Perez. Hernani ‘yun, hindi Ernani at lalong hindi Leonardo.

    I’d rather be a Taosug than be identified as Batangueno associating me with those crooks, ‘no?

  10. MPRivera MPRivera

    Di ba panahon pa ‘yan ni Erap kung saan ‘yung DECS secretary ay sinibak dahil sa maluhong lifestyle? Mamahaling kotse ‘ata ang nasilip sa kanya ni Erap. sino na nga ‘yung secretary na ‘yun?

    Listok! Mabibilang na la’ang yata sa mga daliring putol ang matitino nating opisyal, ah?

    Hindi na public trust ngayon ang public office kundi ….. naku, ewan!

    Nanginginig na naman ako sa galit sa buwisyet na ‘yan!

  11. MPRivera MPRivera

    Only GMA will have preferential treatment in room assignments in the House

    http://tribune.net.ph/

    Meron na palang bagong bukas na zoo ngayon? At sa Butasang Pambulsa pa!

    Tamang tama ‘yan kay nunal. Ang kasama niya mga kampon din niyang buwaya, linta, sawa, buwitre, uwak at mga baboy damong kalahi ng kanyang asawa.

  12. MPRivera MPRivera

    Kayo nga’ng dalawa, Chi, Anna, ay maglubay na, hane?

    Kung mga Batanggenyo ang mga ‘yan, aba’y kahit hindi na ako muling makayapak uli sa aming bayan. Gagamit na la’ang ako ng tayakad para hindi marumihan ang aking mga paa sa alikabok ng kanilang dinaanan.

    Baka ako’y mahawa ng galis-aso!

  13. chi chi

    Anna, kapitbahay nga ni Magno si Perez, he knows the correct name e. hehehe!

  14. Hehehehe!

    Chi, we forgot another neighbour of Magno’s in the list: the husband of the governor — Recto!

    Magno, you should unleash your militia dogs after their namesakes and chase them out of your neigbourhood. 🙂

  15. chi chi

    Sana, Maslog is reading this thread para ilista nya lahat ang “Class A Listers” na kapitbahay ni Magno at sila ang targetin nilang mag-asawa para magsipaglayasan sa neighborhood ni Magno. Oks ba, Mags?

  16. Oo nga… That’s an excellent idea, Chi! (Happy na si Magno sigureo) Calling Maslog-Smith duo!!! Calling Maslog-Smith duo!!!

    (Kaya lang baka habulin and bite sila ng dogs militia ni Magno — hihihi)

  17. Kayo ha, hindi si Maslog ang pinaguusapan nyo kundi si Perez.

    By the highway, Nani’s his real name is Hernando Perez.
    Ang malakas na usap-usapan noon sa Malakanyang, si Perez ang favorite ni glorya and he was tagged as the “First Boyfriend”.

  18. chi chi

    Hernando! Na halo-halo namin ni Anna. Mali rin ang parecoyMags mo, Joe. hahaha! Ano ba ang lambing name ni Glue sa kanya?

  19. MPRivera MPRivera

    Kayong dalawa, Chi, Anna tapos kasama pa si joeseg, aba’y para kayong mga scoop writers, ah.

    Alam na alam ninyo ang mga maiinit at hot na hot na balita sa paligid ni iaglor kahit noong bata pa si Sabel, ha.

    Totoo ba naman kaya iToh?

  20. MPRivera MPRivera

    PareJoe,

    Nakakalimot ka na, ah?

    Meron kang asayment doon sa hardin. Kailangan mong bungkalin na naman ay iyong baul ng naligaw na saliwang paa.

    Dalian mo na’t baka malanta!

  21. chi chi

    Kaya mas gusto kong di hamak ang Ellenville kesa sa FB kasi dito ay nababalik-balikan ng walang hassle ang threads, and of course dahil sa mga super-duper netizens dito, kahit nagkakabangayan minsan-minsan.

    “Hernando all the way, Ole’!” . 🙂

  22. [Sablay pa rin] Hernando’s hideaway, ole!

    Ang kulet nyo a. Nakainom na naman ba ng lambanog ng France yang si Anna’t Chi?

  23. chi chi

    Bwahahaha!!!

  24. Hey boys! Chi and I are just having a nice girlie talk over a glass of Batangas lambanog 🙂 you all know that girls like to talk about other girls, in this case about Gloria and the First Boyfriend who happens to be Magno’s kapitbahay. (Chi started it all when she likened Maslog to Gloglo… hehehe)

    What’s the boyfriend’s first name again? Hernani? I wonder where I picked up Leonardo? 🙂

  25. saxnviolins saxnviolins

    First Boyfriend? Kaya pala ang dating niya noong unang term ay mala-Madonna. Like a virgin, touched for the very first time (by 14 million dollars).

    Then came the First Bodyguard, na sabi ni Tongue, nagsubuan ng sugpo.

    Kailangan niyan because the Fat Guy sleeps well at night.

  26. Kailangan niyan because the Fat Guy sleeps well at night.

    No wonder, when Raissa Robles asked Gloria if she still had sex, she said, “Plenty!” 🙂 🙂 🙂

  27. Following Sax’s logic, that must have been the only time she ever said the truth in public… 😛

  28. sychitpin sychitpin

    one result of gma’s bad example ……..

  29. ADB, kaya siguro pumasok sa isip mo ang pangalang Leonardo, sa halip na Nani, election kasi ang usapan and Leonardo Perez was the Comelec top honcho sa panahon ni McCoy. Ang kantiyaw kay Leonardo Perez ay hindi marunong magbilang. Pero mas matindi si Garci na nagkaroon ng starring role sa Hello Garci! kahit hindi siya ang Comelec chairman. Pero kahit paano, napagusapan din si Abalos kanyang may “200 ka dito” courtesy of Neri.

    Paano kaya magtatapos ang kwento ng mga ito?

  30. rose rose

    siya ba ang nanny ni putot?..ang laki seguro ang bayad sa kanya…

  31. Joeseg,

    Heheheh… perhaps.

    But I didn’t know that Leonardo Perez was McCoy’s man at the Comelec. I think it’s because my brother had a run with his son when they were teenagers (my brother thrashed his son in a fight). And Perez men put a price on my brother’s head but couldn’t get to him (thanks to Johnny Enrile) so the name Leonardo Perez always rang a bell.

  32. Rose,

    male nanny … 🙂

  33. rose rose

    Mayroon palang ‘ernando’s ‘ide haway!..paano yon..just knock three times and whisper low..that you were sent by gloria who? Wow wow wee!

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