Xevera residents to file civil case vs. Pag-IBIG Fund

A month after authorities arrested Delfin Lee, founder of developer Globe Asiatique, residents of Xevera Village in Bacolor, Pampanga are set to file a civil case against Pag-IBIG Fund on Monday after some tenants received notices of foreclosure.

"We are filing a case against Pag-IBIG. It is civil in nature. Civil case po ito. Sasabihin po namin sa kanila [na] hindi kayo sumunod dito sa usapan at saka meron pa kaming mga karapatan ," Ramon Recto, vice president of Xevera Homeowners' Association, said in a report on GMA's "24 Oras" aired Sunday evening.

Pag-IBIG issued the notices after some of its members in Xevera missed their monthly loan payments. 

Although the residents confirmed that they have yet to pay their monthly bills, they said they stopped paying after Delfin Lee evaded arrest in 2012.



Lee's GlobeAsiatique was the developer of the subdivision.

Likewise, the Xevera residents lamented that the subdivision has not been maintained very well after the P6.6-billion syndicated estafa case was lodged against Lee. 

Globe Asiatique allegedly collected P6.6 billion in housing loans for the buyers of its housing projects in Pampanga.

However, the borrowers turned out to be fake members of Pag-IBIG, could not be located, had denied applying for the loans, or had incomplete documents for the transactions. 

Lee has denied committing any anomaly. 

GMA News tried to reach Pag-IBIG Fund and Globe Asiatique but they could not be contacted as of posting. 

Lee, one of the country's most wanted fugitives, was arrested last month at a hotel in Manila. — Rouchelle R. Dinglasan/JDS, GMA News