A suit filed by a man looking forward to being recognized as a lawyer and member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) was dismissed by the Court of Appeals.&nbsp;
The appellate court junked the petition filed by Lamberto Payongayong, who is also facing a usurpation of authority case in Manila court.&nbsp;
Payongayong pretends to be a lawyer in numerous instances, including falsely representing himself as a legal counsel in letters that were sent to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in 2020.&nbsp;
According to the tribunal in its ruling on December 6, the petition has no leg to stack since it was not only defective in form, but also in substance.&nbsp;
In 2020, Payongayong was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Quezon City.&nbsp;
The NBI received reports that he sent several letters to BSP which were addressed to then-Governor Benjamin Diokno and lawyer Henry De Vera of the Currency Integrity Staff and Currency Issue and Integrity Office.&nbsp;
With his claims, such as being a trustee of a private individual and an assignee of a parcel of land, the Office of the Bar Confidant and IBP confirmed he is not a member of the Philippine Bar.&nbsp;

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