after she was arrested during an entrapment operation conducted by the operatives of the National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas last Wednesday, November 24, 2021.
Bargamento was arrested on Wednesday afternoon in a stall next to her office inside the market. She was caught ‘red-handed’ by undercover agents of the NBI-7 receiving marked money from a complainant vendor. Accordingly, at least 50 vendors already transacted with Bargamento. This is according to the statement of the market supervisor Marigen Diano and Raquel Arce, head of the city Prevention, Restoration, Order, Beautification, and Enhancement . These two both initiated their own investigation before the complaint reached NBI-7.
In support of the said allegation, the complainants provided a video clip wherein Bargamento was seen and heard demanding the payment from an interested vendor. Allegedly, as stated in the press release, the said clip showed a vendor who was negotiating with the accused to reduce the amount to P80,000 from P100,000 as the accused ‘adamantly’ declared.