6/7/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly Honorable Court, the above-named accused, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously defraud complainant SHERYL AGUILAR REFORMADO in the following manner, to wit: The said accused by means of false manifestation and fraudulent representation prior to or simultaneously with the commission of the fraud which she made to the complainant to the effect that she have a power and capacity to recruit workers for the employment of complainant as Domestic Helper in Korea and could facilitate the necessary papers to meet the requirements and by means of other deceit of similar import induced and succeeded in inducing complainant to give and deliver in the total amount of Php 100,000.00, the accused knowing fully well that the same was false and fraudulent and was made only to obtain, as in fact the accused obtained the amount of Php100,000.00, which the accused applied and used for her own personal use and benefit, to the damage and prejudice of the said complainant SHERYL AGUILAR REFORMADO. Contrary to law.[6] The prosecution presented the three (3) private complainants as witnesses to prove the crime of Illegal Recruitment on Large Scale, namely: Armely Aguilar-Uy (Aguilar-Uy), Sheryl Reformado (Reformado), Adona Lavaro (Lavaro), and Rosalina Rosales (Rosales) from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). Testimony of first private complainant Armely Asuilar-Uy: Private respondent Aguilar-Uy testified that she and appellant were introduced to each other by a certain Maggie Dela Cruz. Aguilar-Uy claimed that appellant recruited her to work in South Korea as domestic helper. She was told that she will receive P50,000.00 for eight hours of work and an overtime pay totalling to P80,000.00 per month.[7] Appellant informed her that she has twelve (12) visas with her and still needed two more persons to go to South Korea.[8] Appellant required her to submit the requirements that will be sent to South Korea for authentication. Aguilar-Uy testified that appellant asked for P100,000.00 from them as payment for expenses needed to go to South Korea. Aguilar-Uy added that considering that she is also paying for her niece, Sheryl Reformado, who also wants to work abroad, she gave appellant the total amount of P200,000.00. Thereafter, Aguilar-Uy waited for their visas until January 2005, but none were given to them. Aguilar-Uy called up and texted appellant several times to no avail. Upon realizing that they will no longer be able to get their visas, she told appellant to return their passports instead but again appellant did not reply. Finally, when they eventually met on February 18, 2005, appellant asked her anew for additional payment of $72 to renew their visas. Aguilar-Uy narrated that appellant gave them a stub[9] which purported to be coming from the Embassy of the Republic of South Korea. However, when they presented the same to the Korean Embassy, they were told that all their documents were fake. Aguilar-Uy then lodged a complaint against the appellant before the Presidential Task Force Anti-Illegal Recruitment Agency. Appellant promised them elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/63140 3/18