6/9/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly consideration. In light of the testimonies of the complainants that appellant with her co-accused promised them employment abroad, we find appellant's act of closing Laogo Travel Consultancy and establishing a new one under her husband's name[48] as just an afterthought, a belated decision which cannot undo the damage suffered by the private offended parties. It could indeed hardly be construed as a simple reaction of an innocent person, as it in fact smacks of a desperate attempt of a guilty individual to escape liability or to confuse and dishearten her victims. WHEREFORE, the appeal is DENIED. The Decision dated July 31, 2006 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR.-H.C. No. 01664 is AFFIRMED in toto. With costs against the accused-appellant. SO ORDERED. Carpio Morales, (Chairperson), Brion, Bersamin, and Sereno, JJ., concur. [1] Rollo, pp. 4-23. Penned by then Court of Appeals Associate Justice Jose L. Sabio, Jr. (now retired), with Associate Justices Rosalinda Asuncion-Vicente and Sesinando E. Villon, concurring. [2] CA rollo, pp. 23-28. Penned by Judge Crisanto C. Concepcion. [3] Id. at 12-13. [4] TSN, Teodulo dela Cruz, August 21, 2001, p. 4. [5] Records, Vol. I, p. 8. "Sinumpaang Salaysay" dated November 23, 2000 of Teodulo dela Cruz. [6] TSN, Teodulo dela Cruz, August 21, 2001, p. 5. [7] Exh. "A". [8] TSN, Teodulo dela Cruz, August 21, 2001, p. 7. [9] TSN, Billy dela Cruz, Jr., September 13, 2001, pp. 3, 6. [10] Id. at 10. [11] Id. at 4. See also Exhs. "C" and "C-1". [12] Exh. "C-3". elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/33955 6/9