penalty of one (1) year, eight (8) months and twenty-one (21) days of prision
correccional minimum to five (5) years, five (5) months and eleven (11) days of prision
correccional maximum. Accused-appellant shall also pay Angeles Javier P20,000.00 by
way of actual damages.
In Criminal Case No. Q-91-21910 where accused-appellant defrauded Leodigario
Maullon in the amount of P30,400.00, accused-appellant shall suffer the indeterminate
penalty of four (4) years and two (2) months of prision correccional medium, as
minimum to eight (8) years ofprision mayor, as maximum. Accused-appellant shall also
pay Leodigario Maullon P30,400.00 by way of actual damages.
In addition, for the crime of illegal recruitment in large scale (Criminal Case No. Q91-21911) and pursuant to Article 39 (a) of the Labor Code, accused-appellant shall
suffer the penalty of life imprisonment and a fine of One Hundred Thousand Pesos
(P100,000.00).
Costs against accused-appellant.
SO ORDERED.
Melo, (Chairman), Vitug, and Panganiban, JJ., concur.
[1]
Presidential Decree No. 442.
[2]
Rollo, 368-369.
[3]
Ibid., 366-368.
[4]
TSN, May 26, 1994, 2-17.
[5]
TSN, June 16, 1994, 2-13.
[6]
TSN, April 21, 1994, 2-15.
[7]
TSN, August 18, 1994, 3-4.
[8]
TSN, December 2, 1994, 2-15; TSN, December 8, 1994, 2-9; TSN, December 14, 1994, 1-12.
[9]
Rollo, 371-372.
[10]
People v. Sadiosa, 290 SCRA 92 (1998); People v. Benedictus, 288 SCRA 319 (1998).
[11]
Art. 13 of the Labor Code provides
(f) Authority means a document issued by the Department of Labor authorizing a person or association to
engage in recruitment and placement activities as a private recruitment entity.
[12]
Art. 13 of the Labor Code provides
(d) License means a document issued by the Department of Labor authorizing a person or entity to
operate a private employment agency.
[13]
People v. Cabiles, 284 SCRA 199 (1998); People v. Obello, 284 SCRA 79 (1998).
[14]
People v. Saley, 291 SCRA 715 (1998); People v. Sanchez, 291 SCRA 333 (1998).
[15]
People v. Juego, 298 SCRA 22 (1998); People v. Saley, id.