Less than a week after an alleged receipt-tampering incident involving a government worker was exposed, the person tendered a resignation.

The government worker was a cashier assigned at the Bacolod City Traffic Authority Office (BTAO).

According to Atty. Romeo Carlos Ting, city legal officer, the cashier may have been operating a modus on tampering of receipts for quite a time as his team discovered other suspicious transactions involving the person.

The cashier may have evaded an administrative case with the resignation, Atty. Ting said, but the City Legal Office is set to file a criminal case.

Bacolod City Mayor Albee Benitez said he hopes that the "cashier will cooperate in the investigation and be instrumental in his administration's fight against corruption at City Hall offices."

To recall, a regular employee tampered allegedly an official receipt issued to a traffic violator.

The traffic violator showed an official receipt dated April 18, 2024 worth P1,300 as fine for driving without license and for not wearing a crash helmet. But the traffic violator complained later on after receiving from the cashier an encoded or computer-generated receipt of the City Treasurer’s Office which showed of only P300.

It was observed that the digit “1” was added to before the digits “300” to make it appear as P1,300. 

According to Benitez, such is apparently a case of tampering and a form of corruption.

The cashier was removed immediately from BTAO by the City Treasurer’s Office pending investigation on the incident.