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813 Phil. 1000
FIRST DIVISION
[ G.R. No. 214340, July 19, 2017 ]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, V. GILDA
ABELLANOSA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.
DECISION
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
This resolves the appeal from the March 19, 2014 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals
(CA) in CA-G.R. CR HC No. 00179 which affirmed the September 9, 2002 Joint
Decision[2] of Branch 38, Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Iloilo City, in Criminal Case Nos.
47984, 47985, 47987, 47988, 47989, 47990, and 47991 finding Gilda Abellanosa
(appellant) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Illegal Recruitment in large
scale.
Appellant was charged with Illegal Recruitment in large scale defined and penalized
under Section 6(m) in relation to Section 7, of Republic Act No. 8042 (RA 8042),
otherwise known as the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995.
The Information in Criminal Case No. 47984 alleged as follows:
Criminal Case No. 47984
That on or about the 15th day of February, 1997, in the Municipality of Pavia,
Province of Iloilo, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable
Court, the above-named accused falsely representing to possess authority to
recruit job applicants for employment abroad without first having secured
the
required
authority
from
the
Department
of
Labor
and
Employment/Philippine Overseas Employment [Administration], did then and
there willfully, unlawfully[,] and illegally collect and [receive] from GEPHRE
O. POMAR the amount of FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PESOS
(P5,500.00), Philippine Currency, as partial payment of processing and
placement fees for overseas employment, which illegal recruitment activities
is considered an offense involving economic sabotage, it being committed in
large scale under Sec. 6(m) paragraph 2 of Republic Act [No.] 8042, having
committed the same not only against Gephre O. Pomar but also against
seven (7) others.
CONTRARY TO LAW.[3]
Except for the date of the commission of the crime, the names of the private
complainants, and the amount purportedly collected from them, the seven other
Informations in Criminal Case Nos. 47985, 47986, 47987, 47988, 47989, 47990,
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