Complainant Odon Orosa,[10] a driver, testified that in August 1994, he was in the house of his sister-in-law, Clarita Salagubang, at San Roque, San Nicolas, Pangasinan. Orosa and the accused knew each other as they took part in the construction of Salagubangs house in 1986.The accused asked him if he wanted to work in Taiwan as a company driver. Orosa was assured that he could easily get employed in Taiwan if he could pay the accused one-half of the placement fees and the remainder, after he has started working in Taiwan. His wife, Glory, gave the accused five thousand pesos (P5,000.00), for which a receipt was issued.[11] The accused returned in October and again asked for money from Orosa as payment for his plane ticket. Orosa handed nine thousand pesos (P9,000.00) to the accused and a receipt was again issued by the accused.[12] Orosa also gave the accused three thousand pesos (P3,000.00) for his medical examination. The payment was not covered by a receipt. After one month, the accused asked Orosa for additional money for his plane ticket. Orosa, through his wife, paid another six thousand pesos (P6,000.00). The amount was receipted.[13] Orosa was assured he could leave for Taiwan in January of the following year. January came but Orosa was not able to go to Taiwan. He later discovered that the accused was already in jail at Lingayen, Pangasinan for illegal recruitment.Orosa admitted that he did not ask the accused to show her license to recruit upon the assurance that he was going to Taiwan through direct hiring. Complainant Ricardo Ilasin,[14] a security guard, testified that he met the accused in June or July 1994 at Barangay Legaspi. The accused informed Ilasin that she was recruiting persons to work in Taiwan as caretakers of a piggery. The compensation was fifteen thousand pesos (P15,000.00) a month. The accused also told Ilasin that he could pay for her services through salary deduction. Hence, Ilasin contracted a loan and mortgaged the land of his father to meet the required expenses for his work abroad. For his medical examination, Ilasin paid to the accused three thousand pesos (P3,000.00) without a receipt. He also gave five thousand pesos (P5,000.00) to the accused for her services for which a receipt was issued. [15] In September 1994, the accused asked Ilasin to give fifteen thousand pesos (P15,000.00) for his airplane ticket. Ilasin paid the amount inside a travel agency in Makati where the accused tried to buy the ticket. However, the accused returned to Ilasin without the ticket on the pretext that there was no ticket available. The money paid for Ilasins airplane ticket was covered by a receipt.[16] Ilasin did not see the accused again. Like the other complainants, Ilasin did not ask the accused if she was authorized by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) to recruit employees. He said that the accused did not require him to fill up any application form or to submit pictures. As he was assured that he would be working abroad through direct hiring, he immediately trusted the accused. Complainant Richard Castulo,[17] also a security guard, alleged that he was in the house of Ilasin when the accused came to recruit workers.She told Castulo that she was looking for people to work as caretakers of a piggery in Taiwan on a direct hiring arrangement. The monthly compensation was fifteen thousand pesos (P15,000.00) and the period of employment was two years. In his desire to help his parents, Castulo accepted the offer. To process his application, Castulo was asked to pay five thousand