6/30/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly from the filing of the Information until June 30,2013, and 6%per annum from July 1,2013 until full payment.[51] More so, with respect to the charge of illegal recruitment, the same was proven to have been committed against three victims, and therefore constitutes illegal recruitment in large scaleD2 and is further deemed to constitute economic sabotage.53 The penalties in Section 7 of R.A. 8042 have already been amended by Section 6 of R.A. 10022, and have been increased to a fine of not less than P2,000,000.00 but not more than P5,000,000.00. However, since the crime was committed in 2008, the Court applies the penalties in the old law, R.A. 8042. Accordingly, the Court affirms the RTC's imposition of the penalty of life imprisonment, and the awarded fine of P500,000.00, pursuant to Section 7 of R.A. 8042. WHEREFORE, in view of the foregoing, the appeal is hereby DENIED. The Decision dated June 27, 2014 of the Court of Appeals, Tenth Division, in CA-G.R. CR HC No. 05781 which found accused-appellant Sagisag Atlas "Paul" Bautista GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of three (3) counts of Estafa under Article 315, paragraph 2(a) of the Revised Penal Code, and for violation of Section 6 of Republic Act No. 8042 or the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995 is hereby AFFIRMED with MODIFICATION, as follows: 1. In Criminal Case No. MC09-12510, accused-appellant Bautista is hereby sentenced to suffer the indeterminate penalty of one (1) month and one (1) day of arresto mayor as minimum, to one (1) year and one (1) day of prision correccional as maximum, and ordered to indemnify private complainant Randy Pajarillo the amount of P50,000.00 plus legal interest; 2. In Criminal Case No. MC09-12511, accused-appellant Bautista is sentenced to suffer the indeterminate penalty of one (1) month and one (1) day of arresto mayor as minimum, to one (1) year and one (1) day of prision correccional as maximum, and ordered to indemnify private complainant Efren D. Dingle the amount of PI 51,000.00 with legal interest; and 3. In Criminal Case No. MC09-12515, accused-appellant Bautista is sentenced to suffer the indeterminate penalty of one (1) month and one (1) day of arresto mayor as minimum, to one (1) year and one (1) day of prision correccional as maximum, and ordered to indemnify private complainant Rolando L. De Vera the amount of PI 15,000.00 with legal interest. Finally, all sums due shall earn legal interest at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum from the filing of the Informations until June 30, 2013, and six percent (6%)per annum from July 1, 2013 until full satisfaction thereof. SO ORDERED. Peralta, C.J., Chairperson, Caguioa, J. Reyes, Jr., Lazaro-Javier, and Lopez, JJ. concur.. https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/66754 17/20