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by appellant allegedly for travel tax. No receipt was issued but appellant
promised Charlene's departure on August 28, 1992.[1]
The scheduled departure was postponed as were the succeeding schedules,
prompting Charlene and the other applicants to go to All Seasons Manpower
in Makati. They saw appellant there and she advised them to attend a
seminar at the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA). However,
they were warned not to talk with anyone in the said government agency.
Subsequently, she learned that appellant was arrested in one of the lodging
houses in Sta. Cruz, Manila where all the applications and other documents
were found beneath the bed. When she saw appellant at the police station,
appellant told Charlene not to join the other accusers who caused her arrest.
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Rodante Sunico, a food server at Jollibee along Rizal Avenue, Manila met
appellant on August 15, 1992. Appellant was introduced as a recruiter who
had already sent five workers to the Middle East. Sunico gave appellant his
bio-data and other documents after she promised him that he would be
included as a nurse in the second batch of workers for Saudi Arabia.
On August 21, 1992, Sunico went to the house of Mr. Tatlonghari where he
gave appellant the amount of P5,400.00 allegedly for processing his
passport and payment of travel tax.[3] Sunico was not issued a receipt but
appellant required him to come back on the eve of his scheduled departure
on August 28, 1992. This "departure" was, however, postponed several
times. Later, Sunico learned from Charlene Tatlonghari that appellant was
arrested and detained by the police. Sunico confronted appellant who
promised to settle the obligation but failed;[4]whereupon he went to All
Seasons Manpower in Makati where he was told that the said agency did not
know appellant.
Guillermo Lampa, a tricycle driver, was recruited by appellant on August 4,
1992. He was offered a janitorial job in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia with a monthly
salary of US$300.00. Lampa and his wife gave appellant P1,000.00 for
medical expenses and another P1,000.00 for a joint account with his wife.
No receipt was issued by appellant but she promised him that he would
leave in two weeks' time and that All Seasons Manpower would pay for his
plane ticket.[5] Lampa never left as promised and on September 27, 1992,
he learned that appellant had been arrested. At police headquarters,
appellant promised to refund Lampa's money but failed to do so.
Manuel Cabusao, a carpenter, met appellant through one Desiree de la Cruz.
Also present then were his brother Leonardo Cabusao, Guillermo Lampa,
Rommel Losano, Joseph Chavez and Analiza Tatlonghari. Appellant offered
him a janitorial job in a hospital in Saudi Arabia with a monthly salary of
US$300.00. He gave appellant P2,700.00 for the processing of the travel
documents. No receipt was issued by appellant allegedly because the
amount involved was small and because the amount he should have paid
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