6/7/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly consideration of a promise of overseas employment, appellant received monies from private complainants. Such acts were accurately described in the testimonies of the prosecution witnesses, to wit: Direct-examination ofArmely Aguilar-Uy: A. I was informed by this Michelle del a Cruz that she has twelve (12) visas with her and she still needs two more persons to go to Korea and during that time on September 20 she even called me and asked information regarding myself so that our papers will be sent to Korea for authentication. Q. You mentioned that you were called by Michelle dela Cruz. In what manner were you called? A. Through [cellphone]. Q. What did the two of you talk about? A. She asked me to give my name and age, the name of my niece Sheryl because according to her she needs to authenticate the papers. Q. And would you kindly tell this Honorable Court what is the purpose of the authentication of the papers and the documents which you just mentioned? A. For us to be able to go to Korea. Q. And after you were told through telephone call made by the accused asking for your names and documents for proper authentication with the Korean Embassy, what did you do next, Madame Witness? A. After that [cellphone] call from her that evening she told me to prepare the money and bring it so that we can meet each other the next day. Q. Will you tell the Honorable Court what is the money for? A. That money is for the expenses needed to be paid for us to go to Korea. Q. And that would be how much, Madame Witness? A. P100,000.00 Q. And were you able to give that said amount of P100,000.00? A. We were not able to give the full amount at once. We gave the said amount on various dates and different places. Q. And would you kindly tell this Honorable Court in what manner and under what circumstances were you able to give the amount of P100,000.00 to the said accused? A. Other payments by giving the money personally to her and the others we deposited the money in the bank.[41] elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/63140 9/18