In fine, accused gave the distinct assurance, albeit false, that she had the ability to send the complainants abroad for work deployment, thereby employing false pretenses to defraud them. This was despite her knowing very well that she was not legally authorized. The complainants willingly parted with their money in the hope of overseas employment deceitfully promised them by the accused. What makes matters worse is that these amounts given to the accused come from hard-earned money, or worse, could have been borrowed from money lenders who have no qualms about collecting usurious interest rates. Complainants who faithfully relied on the accused did not hesitate to painstakingly raise or even beg or borrow money just so they could give a decent future to their families even to the extent of leaving them for far-off lands. But now, all their dreams are gone, their hopes shattered. Some may not have even been able to pay back what they borrowed nor recoup their losses. Now, more than ever, their future appears bleaker. But this time, a glimmering light appears at the end of the tunnel as the Court steps in to lay down the iron fist of the law so as to serve the accused a lesson, a bitter one, with the hope that those who are trekking or those who are about to trek the same pilfered path that the accused took will reconsider their pursuits before it would be too late, and in the end, this form of fraud which invariably victimizes the poor will forever be stopped.xxxvi[36] All given, the trial court then decreed as follows: WHEREFORE, in all the above-mentioned cases, the Court finds accused Antonine B. Saley, also known as Annie B. Saley, GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the corresponding crime as charged in the informations and hereby sentences her in each case, except in Criminal Case NO. 93-CR-1645 where an indeterminate sentence is not applicable, to suffer an indeterminate sentence for the duration hereunder given, and to pay the costs, as well as the damages due the private complainants, to wit: "Criminal Case No. 92-CR-1396 "Imprisonment from Four (4) Years as MINIMUM to Six (6) Years as MAXIMUM and to pay Francisco T. Labadchan P45,000.00 for actual damages, plus costs. "Criminal Case No. 92-CR-1397 "Imprisonment from Three (3) Years, Six (6) Months and Twenty-One (21) Days of prision correccional as MINIMUM to Seven (7) Years, Four (4) Months and One (1) Day of prision mayor as MAXIMUM and to pay Francisco T. Labadchan P45,000.00 for actual damages, plus costs. "Criminal Case No. 92-CR-1413 "Imprisonment from Four (4) Years as MINIMUM to Six (6) Years as MAXIMUM and to pay Cherry Pi-ay P20,000.00 for moral damages, plus costs.