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47991 were similarly worded as the Information above. The following table provides a
summary of the names of the private complainants and the amounts collected from
them as follows:
Docket Number
Private Complainant
Amount Collected
Criminal Case No.
47985[4]
Timogen O. Pastolero
P5,500.00
Criminal Case No.
47986[5]
Genelyn R. Sumentao
P15,000.00
Criminal Case No.
47987[6]
Zeno M. Cathedral
P20,000.00
Criminal Case No.
47988[7]
Cecilia L. Orias
P10,000.00
Criminal Case No.
47989[8]
Janet P. Suobiron
P10,000.00
Criminal Case No.
47990[9]
Nenita T. Bueron
P5,000.00
Criminal Case No.
47991[10]
Elsie P. Pelipog
P12,500.00
During arraignment, appellant pleaded not guilty to all charges against her. Thereafter,
joint trial on the merits followed.
Version of the Prosecution
The prosecution presented the following witnesses: private complainants Timogen O.
Pastolero (Pastolero), Zeno M. Cathedral[11] (Cathedral), Cecilia L. Orias (Orias), Janet
P. Suobiron (Suobiron), Nenita T. Bueron (Bueron), and Elsie P. Pelipog (Pelipog). The
prosecution also presented Angelica Oriemo (Oriemo), Atty. Juan Amane (Atty. Amane),
and Benito Agarada (Agarada). The testimonies of the witnesses established the
following facts:
Pastolero, complainant in Criminal Case No. 47985, testified that on February 15, 1997,
he went to the house of Shirley Taberna (Shirley) in Ungka, Pavia, Iloilo, accompanied
by his grandmother, Oriemo, and cousins Pelipog and Gephre Pomar (Pomar). When
appellant anived at around 12:00 noon, she introduced herself as a recruiter from
Brunei and showed them a job order and calling card. Swayed by appellant's
representations, Pastolero filled out a bio-data sheet and applied for the position of
janitor. Appellant then asked for P5,500.00 as processing fee which Pastolero's
grandmother, Oriemo, paid. Oriemo also paid the same amount of processing fee for
her other grandson, Pomar. However, appellant did not issue any receipt for the
payments she received; instead, she made assurances that Pastolero and Pomar could
leave for Brunei within two months from the payment of the processing fee.
When Pastolero submitted additional documents to appellant on April 1, 1997, the
latter advised him to just wait for his visa. However, after two months, Oriemo
informed him that per appellant, his visa had already expired.
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