the conformity of complainants Leonardo Fortun and Elizalde Caspillo. [4] Only Mina
Librero was tried as Ana Laurente has remained at large.
ARTHUR OSIAS testified that on 15 November 1996 he went to the KGW
International Office (KGW) at Raman Condominium, Pasong Tamo, Makati City, to
apply for a job abroad.[5] There he met accused-appellant Mina Librero who promised
him a job as a factory worker in Taiwan with a monthly salary of P15,360.00 or its
equivalent in Taiwanese dollars.[6] She required him to submit his passport and NBI
clearance and gave him a referral for medical examination. [7] He was told to
give P75,000.00 as placement fee for the job abroad. That day he paid
Librero P55,000.00, a fact he noted down in his diary. [8] Upon payment of the balance
of P20,000.00 on 18 November 1996[9]she issued him a receipt for the full amount
of P75,000.00. In the first week of January 1997 when she failed to send him abroad as
agreed Osias demanded from her the refund of his money. Osias never got to leave nor
receive his money back.
ALLAN JOSEPH NONES went to KGW in the second week of November and met
accused-appellant Mina Librero. She told him that if he had P75,000.00 cash for
placement fee she could send him immediately to Taiwan as a factory worker. [10] Nones
at once gave her P65,000.00 on 18 November 1996 and P10,000.00 on 21 November
1996. Librero issued Nones the corresponding receipts.[11] Then she required him to
submit his passport, medical certificate and NBI clearance, which he promptly
submitted, as well as a certificate of attendance at the Pre-departure Orientation
Seminar (PREDOS) which he would submit after the seminar.
Librero undertook to send Nones abroad in the third week of November 1996. When
she failed to send him as scheduled, she again promised to deploy him in the first week
of December 1996. Nones even waited after the third and fourth promises. But after the
first week of January 1997, he demanded a refund of his money which she could not
give. So, Nones verified Librero's status from the POEA only to find out that she had no
license.[12]
RAMONITO BAUTISTA and Mina Librero met on 16 October 1996 at Raman
Condominium, Pasong Tamo, Makati City. Librero represented to Bautista that she
could immediately send him to Taiwan as a factory worker for a monthly salary
of P15,000.00 in Taiwanese dollars if he would shell out P75,000.00.[13] On 19
November 1996 at the KGW office Bautista paid Librero the P75,000.00 placement fee
for which she issued a receipt.[14]
Librero assured Bautista since the last week of November 1996 that she would
send him abroad. However, in the first week of February 1997 Bautista got disgruntled
that he went to Librero's office only to find out that Librero was no longer there. Bautista
never got his money back.[15]
ANDRES APATAS went to the Raman Condominium in Makati City on 18
November 1996 to apply for the supposed "reserved position" of metal cutter in
Taiwan.[16] At KGW he met Librero who assured him that he could work in Taiwan as
metal cutter earning P14,860.00 a month in Taiwanese dollars if he could give a
placement fee of P75,000.00.[17] On 27 November 1996 Apatas gave P75.000.00 to