6. Sabado Agapito
7. Joseph Oratil and
8. Joel Oratil
in Taiwan without first obtaining or securing license or authority from the proper
government agency
CONTRARY TO LAW.
[1]
On the same day, eight separate informations for estafa were also filed against
Jose Alolino and appellants Alona Buli-e (Buli-e for brevity) and Josefina Alolino
(Josefina, for brevity). Except as to the dates, amounts involved[2] and the names of
complainants, the following information in Criminal Case No. 11123-R typified the seven
other informations for the crime of estafa:
That on or about the 12th day of July, 1992, in the City of Baguio, Philippines, and
within the jurisdiction of this Honorable court, the above-named accused, conspiring,
confederating and mutually aiding one another, did then and there willfully,
unlawfully and feloniously defraud one Constancio Macli-ing by way of false
pretenses, which are executed prior to or simultaneously with the commission of the
fraud, as follows, to wit: the accused knowing fully well that they are not authorized
job recruiters for persons intending to secure work abroad convinced said Constancio
Macli-ing and pretended that they could secure a job for him/her abroad, for and in
consideration of the sum of P15,000.00 when in truth and in fact they could not; the
said Constancio Macli-ing, deceived and convinced by the false pretenses employed
by the accused, parted away the total sum of P15,000.00 in favor of the accused, to
the damage and prejudice of the said Constancio Macli-ing in the aforementioned
amount of FIFTEEN THOUSAND PESOS(P15,000.00), Philippine Currency.
[3]
Jose Alolino was never apprehended and remains at large. Upon arraignment,
appellants pleaded not guilty to each of the nine informations filed against them. A joint
trial ensued since the cases involved the same factual milieu.
Evidence for the prosecution showed that on various dates from June 1990 to July
1992, complainants went to the house of appellant Buli-e at No. 63 Sanitary Camp,
Baguio City upon learning that she was recruiting workers for overseas employment. A
cousin of complainant Lampoyas, whom Buli-e helped deploy abroad, introduced
Lampoyas to Buli-e in 1990.[4] The brothers Oratil went to see Buli-e about possible
overseas employment in April 1992.[5] Mangili inquired from Buli-e if she was recruiting
workers for overseas employment also in April 1992.[6]Sabado and Macli-ing approached
Buli-e for possible overseas work in May 1992,[7] while Estay, accompanied by her sister,