risked the adverse inference and legal presumption that evidence suppressed would be adverse if produced.xvi[16] Furthermore, worth reiterating is the rule that illegal recruitment in large scale is malum prohibitum, not malum in se, and the fact alone that a person violated the law warrants her conviction.xvii[17] Thus, any claim of lack of criminal intent, as the herein accused attempts to raise in her defense, is unavailing. She cannot escape liability by merely passing the blame to her common-law husband. As the records show, accused-appellant was, in fact, engaged in recruitment without the requisite license or authority. This alone is sufficient to support her conviction, and it is now immaterial whether or not she had intended to defraud the complainants. WHEREFORE, in view of the foregoing, the judgment appealed from finding accusedappellant REMEDIOS ENRIQUEZ y AGUILAR guilty beyond reasonable doubt of Illegal Recruitment in Large Scale is AFFIRMED. She is sentenced to suffer the penalt of life imprisonment and to pay a fine of P100,000. However, the amounts awarded as indemnity to the complaining witnesses are MODIFIED as follows: (a) Alfredo Evangelista, P3,370; (b) Regina Evangelista, P5,000; (c) Josefino Mendoza, P1,870; (d) Sheila Lahay Lahay, P2,000 (e) Felix Azul, P3,370; (f) Lorna Pasagui, P3,370. Costs against accused-appellant. SO ORDERED. Vitug, Panganiban, Purisima, and Gonzaga-Reyes, JJ., concur. i[1] Rollo, pp. 28-35. ii[2] Ibid., p. 11. iii[3] TSN, August 1, 1994, pp. 2-10. iv[4] TSN, August 29, 1994, pp. 4-11. v[5] Exhibit D, p. 372. vi[6] TSN, January 10, 1995, pp. 2-11. vii[7] TSN, January 16, 1995, pp. 2-9.