The Land Transportation Office (LTO) is under fire once again, as questions mount over how luxury vehicles tied to the Discaya family were able to secure registrations despite concerns about unpaid customs duties and taxes. Of the 12 luxury vehicles recently seized by the BOC, two — a 2024 Lincoln Navigator (Plate No. NKJ 7876) — were issued Certificates of Registration (CR) and Official Receipts (OR) during the term of current LTO chief Vigor D. Mendoza II. This has sparked renewed scrutiny of whether LTO’s systems can reliably verify tax compliance before approving registrations. But LTO has insisted on dual uploads to both the old and new systems — a policy that observers warn creates confusion and weakens safeguards.