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DCEC has no official docket for P100 billion case-Salbany

Friday, August 08, 2025 | 840 Views |

The controversial P100 billion scandal that had the country on a chokehold took a twist this week following disclosure that at the time the case was filed before the court, the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) had not released any prosecution docket on the matter.

It has come to light that the DCEC at the time had no evidence regarding allegations of the missing P100 billion, on Wilheminah 'Butterfly' Maswabi cases, and had not submitted any docket to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

Former DCEC Senior Assistant Director (Anti-Laundering), Joao Salbany, in an interview with Mmegi, clarified that although court filings by the DPP may have appeared to come from the DCEC, "the organisation never submitted any official docket to the DPP for either case."

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