4/16/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly 407 Phil. 37 FIRST DIVISION [ G.R. No. 129070, March 16, 2001 ] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. NELLIE CABAIS Y GAMUELA, ACCUSED-APPELLANT. DECISION PARDO, J.: The case is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Baguio City, Branch 6, convicting accused Nellie Cabais y Gamuela of illegal recruitment committed in large scale by a syndicate, sentencing her to life imprisonment and a fine of one hundred thousand pesos (P100,000.00) and costs, and two counts of estafa, for which she was sentenced: (a) in Criminal Case No.13999-R, to six (6) months and one (1) day of prision correccional, as minimum, to seven (7) years, eight (8) months and twenty-one (21) days of prision mayor, as maximum, and to indemnify the offended party Joan Merante, in the amount of P40,000.00 as actual damages, and costs; (b) in Criminal Case No. 14000-R, to 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, and to indemnify the offended party, Nancy Oidi, in the amount of P21,000.00 as actual damages, and costs. On September 28, 1995, Prosecutor II Alfredo R. Centeno of Baguio City filed with the Regional Trial Court, Baguio City an information charging Harm Yong Ho, Nellie Cabais y Gamuela and Anita Pornias with illegal recruitment in large scale, resulting to economic sabotage,[1] committed as follows: Criminal Case No. 13997-R "That during the period from February 1994 to May 1994, in the City of Baguio, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, representing themselves to have the capacity to contract, enlist, hire and transport Filipino workers for employment abroad, conspiring, confederating and mutually, unlawfully and feloniously collect fees, recruit and promise employment/job placement to the following persons: 1. IMELDA MORTERA 2. FLORENTINO BALANON, JR. 3. JOAN MERANTE https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/50735 1/10