Synopsis/Syllabi
FIRST DIVISION
[G.R. No. 130067. September 16, 1999]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANICETA ANNIE MORENO,
accused-appellant.
DECISION
PUNO, J.:
This is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Baguio City, Branch 6, finding
accused-appellant, Aniceta Annie Moreno, guilty beyond reasonable doubt of illegal recruitment
committed in large scale in Criminal Case No. 12190-R and for two counts of estafa by way of
false pretenses in Criminal Cases Nos. 12191-R and 12192-R. Accused-appellant was sentenced
to suffer the penalty of life imprisonment and pay a fine of one hundred thousand pesos
(P100,000.00) in the illegal recruitment case. She was sentenced to an indeterminate penalty of
six (6) months and one (1) day of prision correccional as minimum to six (6) years, eight (8)
months and twenty (20) days of prision mayor as maximum for each charge of estafa, to
indemnify the offended partiesi[1] and pay the cost of suit.
The information in Criminal Case No. 12190-R avers:
That on or about the 18th day of December, 1992, and subsequent thereto, in the City of Baguio,
Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused,
representing herself to have the capacity to contract, enlist and hire and transport Filipino
workers for employment abroad, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously collect
fees, recruit and promised employment/job placement to the following persons:
1.
Virginia S. Bakian
2.
Florence P. Juan
3.
Josephine Sotero
4.
Felisa Bayani
in Canada without first securing or obtaining license or authority from the proper governmental
agency.
Contrary to law.ii[2]
The informationiii[3] in Criminal Case No. 12191-R reads: