two (2) months and the maximum period of which is prision correccional maximum to prision
mayor minimum or imprisonment which has a range of four (4) years, two (2) months and one
(1) day to eight (8) years.
However, the award of actual damages in the two cases of estafa must be deleted. Bakian
admitted that the amount of one thousand five hundred pesos (P1,500.00) and three hundred
dollars ($300) were returned to her.xxii[22] Bayani was paid through Virginia Bakian the
amount of fifteen thousand pesos (P15,000.00).xxiii[23]
In view whereof, the decision of the trial court finding accused-appellant guilty beyond
reasonable doubt of the crime of illegal recruitment in large scale in Criminal Case No. 12190-R
and for estafa in Criminal Cases Nos. 12191-R and 12192-R is affirmed with the modification
that the award of actual damages in the two cases of estafa is deleted.
SO ORDERED.
Davide, Jr., C.J., (Chairman), Kapunan, Pardo, and Ynares-Santiago, JJ., concur.
i[1] P15,000.00 to Virginia Bakian and P15,000.00 to Felisa Bayani.
ii[2] Records, Crim. Case No. 12190-R, p. 1.
iii[3] The information in Criminal Case No. 12192-R reads the same except that the offended
party is Felisa Bayani and the amount is fifteen thousand pesos (15,000.00).
iv[4] Records, Crim. Case No. 12191-R, p. 1.
v[5] TSN, May 14, 1996, pp. 12-14.
vi[6] TSN, May 16, 1993, pp. 3-8.
vii[7] Records, Crim Case No. 12190-R, p. 45.
viii[8] Ibid., pp. 8-9.
ix[9] Exhibit A, Records Crim. Case No. 12190-R, p. 10.
x[10] TSN, May 14, 1996, pp. 4-5.
xi[11] Records, Crim Case No. 12190-R, p. 4.