FOR THE THIRD TIME Published May 28, 2026 2:28pm + Add GMA on Google Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. The Office of the Ombudsman on Thursday filed plunder and graft complaints against Senator Jinggoy Estrada with the Sandiganbayan over alleged kickbacks from the government's flood control projects.The filing of the complaints marked the third time that plunder and other related charges were filed against Estrada in the last 25 years.Estrada is also the highest-ranking incumbent government official to face criminal raps over the flood control mess so far.Assistant Ombudsman Mico Clavano and other Ombudsman personnel arrive in the Sandiganbayan for the filing of criminal charges against Senator Jinggoy Estrada in connection with the flood control mess @gmanews pic.twitter.com/b8NWp5cTI4— Llanesca T. Panti (@llanescajourno) May 28, 2026The senator was previously charged with plunder in 2001 involving jueteng (illegal numbers game) money, and again charged with plunder, graft, direct and indirect bribery in 2014 over alleged misuse of his P183 million discretionary or Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).Estrada was acquitted in the plunder, direct and indirect bribery cases, but he is still facing 11 counts of graft before the Sandiganbayan in connection with his alleged misuse of PDAF funds.The senator currently has a precautionary hold departure order (PHDO) issued by a Manila court over the flood control projects.The criminal charges in relation to the flood control mess filed against Estrada on Thursday is the fourth batch of criminal cases that Office of the Ombudsman filed since Ombudsman Remulla assumed office in October 2025. —AOL, GMA News