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FIRST DIVISION
[ G.R. No. 219238, January 31, 2018 ]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. MOISES
DEJOLDE, JR. Y SALINO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.
RESOLUTION
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
This is an appeal filed by appellant Moises Dejolde, Jr. y Salino from the July 31, 2014
Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 04624, affirming with
modification the April 3, 2010 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Baguio
City, Branch 60, in Crim. Case Nos. 27516-R, 27592-R, and 27602-R, which found
appellant guilty beyond reasonable doubt of Illegal Recruitment in large scale defined
and penalized under Article 13(b) in relation to Articles 38(b), 34, and 39 of
Presidential Decree Nos. 1920 and 2018 and Republic Act (RA) No. 8042 (Migrant
Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995), and two counts of Estafa under Article
315 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC).
The Factual Antecedents
Appellant was charged under the following Amended Informations:
Criminal Case No. 27516-R (Illegal Recruitment Committed in Large Scale)
That sometime between the period from January, 2007 and March 2007, in
Baguio City, Philippines and within the Jurisdiction of this Honorable Court,
the above-named accused, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and
feloniously for [a] fee, recruit and promise employment/job placement as
contract workers in United Kingdom to the herein complainants, namely:
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Fraulein Edoc y Pacuyan
Naty Loman y Nabe[h]et
Jessie Doculan y Lingon
Olivia Gabol y Paquito
Rosieline Marcos y Pasi and
Jerry Diwangan y Nabadang
without said accused having first secured the necessary license or authority
from the Department of Labor and Employment and [f]ailed to deploy said
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