4/13/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly Elmer to pay the placement fee after one week, which the latter complied with by initially paying the amount of Php40,000.00. Sometime in December 2007, Elmer was asked to give the full payment and so he paid the remaining balance of Php50,000.00 to Ellen. After payment in full of the placement fee, Elmer regularly visited the agency of Isabel together with Ellen to follow up his application until June 2008 when he was required to undergo another medical examination because the first medical certificate had already expired. Ellen then asked Php4,000.00 from Elmer for said medical examination. Two months after the second medical examination, Elmer confronted Ellen if she really gave the money to Isabel. Ellen responded in the affirmative. However, Elmer panicked and thought that Ellen was just cheating him so he decided to go to the POEA to file a complaint. At the POEA, Elmer found out that the agency of Isabel is of good standing but the job order for Taiwan was only good for two persons and not for ten persons as claimed by Ellen. When Elmer went to the agency of Isabel to withdraw his money since Ellen failed to reimburse him the amount, he was shocked to learn that Ellen only remitted Php35,000.00 to Isabel's agency. Elmer likewise testified that no receipt was issued by Ellen for the payments he made to her and that he spent a total of Php90,000.00. Mylene Arevalo ("Mylene", for brevity) knew accused-appellant Isabel and the two other accused, Ellen and Ana Espiritu ("Ana", for brevity). Accusedappellant Isabel is the owner of Abundant Care International Staffing Services Corp. while Ellen was a sub-agent of said agency. Sometime in 2007, Mylene applied for employment in an electronic company in Taiwan with Green Pastures. Accordingly, she was required by the personnel to fill up application forms. In view of her application, Mylene paid Php60,000.00 to Ellen as her placement fee. But despite payment of the placement fee and promises that Mylene would be deployed in December 2008, said promise of deployment to Taiwan never came to be. No receipt was issued to her by Ellen for the payment of the placement fee but the same was witnessed by "Kuya Marlon" who was also paying his placement fee at that time. However, a certification from KAMPI (Kabalikat ng Migranteng Filipino) was issued to Mylene to prove that she attended a Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar (PDOS) sponsored by the Green Pastures International Staffing Services. Liwayway Tiglao ("Liwayway") knew accused-appellant Isabel Rios as well as accused Ellen Maborang and Ana Espiritu. Isabel is the Manager of Green Pastures International Staffing Services Corp ("Green Pastures"). Sometime in December 2007, Liwayway applied for a job as factory worker in Taiwan with Green Pastures. After Isabel and Ana reminded her to pay the placement fee, Liwayway paid the amount of Php90,000.00 to Isabel. No receipt was issued to Liwayway for the payment of said placement fee. Liwayway was promised to be deployed on December 29, 2007 to Taiwan after she had signed forms, undergone physical examination, and attended the Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar (PDOS). However, such promise of deployment did not materialize. Worse, no reimbursement was made relative to the placement fee she paid was made. On cross-examination, https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/66232 4/29