People vs Pabalan : 115350 : September 30, 1996 : J Regalado : Secon...
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[Syllabus]
SECOND DIVISION
[G.R. No. 115350. September 30, 1996]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RESTITUTO PABALAN
y CALILONG, accused-appellant.
[G.R. Nos. 117819-21. September 30, 1996]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RESTITUTO PABALAN
y CALILONG, accused-appellant.
DECISION
REGALADO, J.:
Accused-Appellant Restituto C. Pabalan was charged with illegal recruitment in large scale
and three counts of estafa in separate informations filed before the Regional Trial Court of
[1]
Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Branch 171.
The information in each case reads as follows:
Criminal Case No. 3089-V-93:
That during the period from April up to June 1993 in Valenzuela, Metro Manila and within the jurisdiction
of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, representing himself to have the capacity to contract,
enlist and recruit workers for employment abroad, did then and there wilfully and unlawfully, for a fee,
recruit and promise employment/job placement in a large scale to HENRY LUCIANO y PALLASIGUE,
JUNE BARRERA Y PINEDA and MANUEL GARCIA Y RAGUA, without said accused having secured
first the necessary license or authority to engage in recruitment activity from the Philippine Overseas
Employment Administration (POEA), in violation of the aforementioned provision of law.
Contrary to law.
Valenzuela, Metro Manila, August 18, 1993.
[2]
Criminal Case No. 3090-V-93
That sometime in the month of May, 1993 in Valenzuela, Metro Manila and within the jurisdiction of this
Honorable Court, the above-named accused, defrauded and deceived one JUNE D. BARRERA, in the
following manner to wit: said accused, by means of false manifestations and fraudulent representation
which (he) made to the said complainant to the effect that he has the capacity and power to recruit and
employ complainant abroad and facilitate the necessary amount to meet the requirements thereof, knowing
said manifestations and representation to be false and fraudulent and w(e)re made only to induce said
complainant to give, as in fact, the latter did give and deliver to said accused cash money amounting to
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