Some of you have asked me to document the apparent scandals in the handling of the NaFFAA income and expenses. You said that you have to see first at least a semblance of the proof of the scandals that I said happened in the NaFFAA. Because some of you (especially those who are based in Chicago) said that if I could give you even prima facie evidence, you would join me in giving hell to the NaFFAA national executive officers.

Here are my initial findings about the NaFFAA's financial report for the year ended Dec. 31, 2002, as reported to the IRS by submitting Form 990:

1. NaFFAA's IRS Form 990 declared a gross income of $445,783.

   • In the Schedule of Contributions, the NaFFAA declared the following contributions:

     Wells Fargo Foundation	$300,000
     Ford Foundation	90,000
     The Reginald F. Lewis Foundation -	25,000
     TLC-LC, Inc.	10,000
     Alston & Bird LLP	10,000
     Edison International	5,000
     Various Individuals	2,600

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     Total: $442,600.

   • The NaFFAA declared, therefore, other income in the amount of $3,183 (arrived at by deducting $442,600 from $445,783).

2. If readers may recall, several individuals followed up the demand made by San Francisco-based journalist and broadcaster Pep Red Vasquez for the financial statements (F/S) of the 5th NaFFAA national convention in San Jose, CA, on Aug. 29-30, 2002, and the First Filipino Global Networking Conference in the Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA, on Aug. 31-Sept. 1, 2002. To date, the NaFFAA has refused to issue any F/S about the twin events that it held and sponsored.

3. Know why the NaFFAA has refused to release the F/S? Based on reports from delegates, the NaFFAA should have derived income just from the convention fees that it charged. For our purposes, we are scaling down the delegates to 200 and 1,000 persons, respectively.

   • San Jose Convention (200 delegates @ $175 each) ----$35,000.
   • Moscone Convention (1,000 delegates @50 each) ------ 50,000.
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   Total: $85,000.

4. The NaFFAA reported that more than 2,000 delegates and guests attended the Global Conference at the Moscone Center. It boasted also that there were more than 500 delegates that attended its national convention in San Jose. For our purposes, we just assumed less than half of the NaFFAA reported attendance.

5. In a recent audit made by the City Auditor of San Jose, CA, it was discovered that Ben Menor, the president of the Northside Community Center diverted illegally $190,000 to the NaFFAA in 2002. Mr. Menor is a member of the NaFFAA national Board, and chairman of the NaFFAA convention in San Jose in August 2002. Please note that the $190,000 is not reflected in the Schedule of Contributions (as enumerated in paragraph 1.1). The question is now, who or what entity deposited the $190,000 checks payable to the NaFFAA in what bank accounts?

   • Who or what entity deposited or pocketed the convention delegates' fees as estimated minimally at $85,000 (as reported in paragraph 2.1)?

   • How true are the reports that the expenses for the twin conventions in Northern CA in 2002 were carried in the NaFFAA F/S for 2002 but the incomes from the same events were not carried in the same financial report?

As I have been saying, there appear to be lots of discrepancies in the NaFFAA financial reports. We are trying now to tie loose ends here and there before we submit to the proper federal offices of our complaint that the NaFFAA has been turned into a milking cow by some of its national executive officers in connivance with some of its regional officers in Northern and Southern California and in Southern Nevada. We may be joined by the District Attorney of San Jose and hopefully by the District Attorney of San Diego (CA) in filing the complaints with the federal authorities. We think that we have come up with prima facie evidence to warrant the opening of a Grand Jury investigation.

Now, will the NaFFAA national or regional officers who have access to the federation's top-secret financial documents like now to help obtain justice for the NaFFAA members and help themselves at the same time avoid criminal liability? Will anybody among the well-meaning NaFFAA national officers volunteer to name the NaFFAA consultants that were paid more than $132,000 in 2002 alone?

For the record, I do believe that many of the NaFFAA national executive officers think that the Filipino Americans are that dumb that they would not be able to decipher the financial anomalies in the federation. These NaFFAA officials think also that by painting Bobby Reyes, the messenger (whistle blower), as an "idiot, a crazy troublemaker, an as_hole (as per the posting of Atty. Rodel Rodis), a liar, a demon, reincarnation of the devil, Filipino Satan, unChristian, immoral person (who is not married to his wife), illegal alien (and reporting him to the INS in 2000, 2001 and 2002), rat, parasite, worm, pauper, etc., adulterer, terrorist, father of divorced children, bogus leader, impersonator, etc. (as written mainly in the May 10, 2002, column of Greg Macabenta in the "Ang Peryodiko" and the postings of NaFFAA treasurer Ludy Corrales)," would persuade Overseas Filipinos and the Filipino people to ignore my complaints and exposé. But people know that Bobby Reyes is not the issue. People are not stupid. And certainly the Feds are not dumb.

Hopefully in the very near future, justice will prevail and all of these erring NaFFAA officers will be brought first to a Grand Jury and the whistle blower shall be vindicated. After all the NaFFAA officials have never even alleged that I have stolen a single dollar from any of the 42 Filipino-American associations that I belong to.

Mabuhay.