6/7/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly [19] Id. at 15-19. [20] CA rollo, p. 48. [21] Id. at 57-58. [22] Id. at 59. [23] Nasi-Villar v. People, G.R. No. 176169, November 14, 2008, 571 SCRA 202, 208; People v. Ortiz-Miyake, G.R. Nos. 115338-39, September 16, 1997, 279 SCRA 180, 193. [24] Under Section 6 (m) (Definitions) of Republic Act No. 8042, illegal recruitment "when committed by a syndicate or in large scale shall be considered as offense involving economic sabotage;" and illegal recruitment "is deemed committed by a syndicate carried out by a group of three (3) or more persons conspiring or confederating with one another. It is deemed committed in large scale if committed against three (3) or more persons individually or as a group." See People v. Fernandez, G.R. No. 199211, June 4, 2014, 725 SCRA 152, 156-157. [25] Rollo, pp. 19-20. [26] People v. Cabais, G.R. No. 129070, March 16, 2001, 354 SCRA 553, 561. [27] People, v. Domingo, G.R. No. 181475, April 7, 2009, 584 SCRA 669, 678; Francisco v. National Labor Relations Commissions, G.R. No. 170087, August 3 1, 2006, 500 SCRA 690, 701-702. [28] Flares v. People, G.R. Nos. 93411-12, July 20, 1992, 211 SCRA 622, 630. [29] People v. Tolentino, G.R. No. 208686, July 1, 2015. [30] Section 7. PENALTIES. - x x x xxxx (b) The penalty of life imprisonment and a fine of not less than five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) nor more than one million pesos (P1,000,000.00) shall be imposed if illegal recruitment constitutes economic sabotage as defined herein. xxxx [31] Article 65 of the Revised Penal Code. [32] Accordingly, the three periods of the prescribed penalty is four years, two months and one day to five years, five months and 10 days for the minimum period; five elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/61699 12/13