SYLLABI/SYNOPSIS
THIRD DIVISION
[G.R. No. 117154. March 25, 1999]
THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ERNESTO A. BORROMEO,
accused-appellant.
DECISION
PURISIMA, J.:
Appeal interposed by accused Ernesto Borromeo from the decisioni[1] of the Regional Trial
Court, Branch 54, Manila, finding him guilty of Illegal Recruitment in Criminal Case No. 93129374 and of Estafa in Criminal Case Nos. 93-129376 to 93-129384.
On November 9, 1993, Assistant Prosecutor Roy A. Cabatuando filed several Informations
against the said accused, alleging:
In Criminal Case No. 93-129374 for Illegal Recruitment
That in or about and during the period compromised from February 16, 1993 up to July 28, 1993,
inclusive, in the City of Manila, Philippines, the said accused conspiring and confederating with
others whose true name, identities and present whereabouts are still unknown and helping one
another, representing themselves to have the capacity to contract, enlist and transport Filipino
workers for employment abroad, did and there willfully and unlawfully for a fee, recruit and
promise employment to JOCELYNE DEVEZA Y GARCIA, DONNA PATRICIA V.
ANTONIO, WESLEY PAJARILLAGA, EDWIN ORTIZ, LEONARD BROZO, ROBERTO
PEREZ Y BROZO, EDUARDO NANA, LAMBERTO PINGA Y CONCEPCION, BENJAMIN
G. FULGENCIO and NESTOR DIZON without first having secured the required license or
authority from the Department of Labor and Employment.
CONTRARY TO LAW.ii[2]
In Criminal Case No. 93-129375 for Estafa
That on or about March 22, 1993, in the City of Manila, Philippines, the said accused conspiring
and confederating with others whose true names, identities and present whereabouts are still
unknown and helping one another did then and there wilfully (sic), unlawfully and feloniously
defraud DONNA PATRICIA V. ANTONIO in the following manner, to wit: the said accused by
means of false manifestations and fraudulent representations which he, she, they made to said
DONNA PATRICIA V. ANTONIO to the effect that they had the power and capacity to recruit