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735 PHIL. 383
THIRD DIVISION
[ G.R. No. 200884, June 04, 2014 ]
THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. MILDRED
SALVATIERRA Y MATUCO, APPELLANT.
DECISION
PERALTA, J.:
On appeal is the Court of Appeals (CA) Decision dated June 3, 2011 in CA-G.R. CR-HC
No. 03687 affirming with modification the Regional Trial Court (RTC)[1] Joint Decision[2]
in Criminal Case Nos. MC04-8838 and MC05-9048 to 9055.
Appellant Mildred M. Salvatierra was charged in an Information for Illegal Recruitment
in Large Scale in violation of Section 6 of Republic Act No. (RA) 8042, allegedly
committed as follows:
That on or about the period covering March 2004 to October 2004, in the
City of Mandaluyong, Philippines, a place within the jurisdiction of this
Honorable Court, the above-named accused, representing herself to have
the capacity of contracting, enlisting and transporting Filipino workers for
employment abroad, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously,
recruit and promise employment/job placement abroad, specifically in Korea
as factory workers to Reynaldo Andremesin, Otelio J. Florentino, Ruzzel C.
Crisostomo, Ma. Reinaluz De Guzman, Arvin M. Ariguin, Lester Duyao,
Rosalyn A. Fernandez and Renante B. Quirao, Jr. for a fee in the amount of
P75,000.00, P75,000.00, P83,000.00, P83,000.00, P97,000.00, P57,000.00,
P64,000.00 and P49,500.00 respectively, which is beyond the amount
provided under the law, without first securing the required license and
authority from the Department of Labor and Employment, and despite the
receipt of the payment of the fees, accused failed to deploy said
complainants for job placement abroad, which act is deemed committed in
large scale, in violation of the aforementioned law.
CONTRARY TO LAW.[3]
The case was docketed as Criminal Case No. MCO4-8838.
Appellant was likewise charged in eight (8) separate Informations for Estafa under
Article 315 (a) of the Revised Penal Code (RPC). The informations were similarly
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