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619 Phil. 443
SECOND DIVISION
[ G.R. No. 179931, October 26, 2009 ]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. NIDA ADESER Y
RICO, APPELLANT.
DECISION
QUISUMBING, J.:
On appeal is the Decision[1] dated June 28, 2007, of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R.
CR-H.C. No. 01902, affirming the Decision[2] dated May 2, 2005, of the Regional Trial
Court (RTC) of Pasay City, Branch 118 in Criminal Cases Nos. 03-2700 and 03-2701.
The RTC convicted appellant of the crimes of syndicated illegal recruitment constituting
economic sabotage and estafa.
On November 12, 2003, the Office of the City Prosecutor of Pasay filed before the RTC
two Informations[3] against appellant Nida Adeser y Rico, Lourdes Chang, and the
spouses Roberto and Mel Tiongson. The Informations read as follows:
Criminal Case No. 03-2700
That on or about and sometime in the month of May, 2003, in Pasay City,
Metro Manila, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court,
the above-named accused, conspiring and confederating together and
mutually helping one another, by means of false representation and
fraudulent allegation to the effect that they could secure employment
abroad for complainant JOSEPHINE R. PALO, did then and there wilfully,
unlawfully and feloniously recruit for a fee aforesaid person without the
corresponding license from the Philippine Overseas Employment
Administration, a syndicated illegal recruitment involving economic
sabotage.
Contrary to law.[4]
Criminal Case No. 03-2701
That on or about and sometime in the month of May, 2003, in Pasay City,
Metro Manila, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court,
the above-named accused, conspiring and confederating together and
mutually helping one another, defrauded private complainant JOSEPHINE R.
PALO, in the following manner to wit: that said accused, by means of false
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