4/13/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly Docket Number Private Complainant CC No. R-PSY-0900779-CR[9] Elmer De Mata (De Mata) Amount P90,000.00 Victoriano Agcaoili, Jr. CC No. R-PSY-0900780-CR[10] (Agcaoili) P50,000.00 CC No. R-PSY-0900781-CR[11] Eduardo Milanes (Milanes) P95,000.00 CC No. R-PSY-0900782-CR[12] Rico Dacillo (Dacillo) P95,000.00 CC No. R-PSY-0900783-CR[13] Liwayway Tiglao (Tiglao) P80,000.00 CC No. R-PSY-0900784-CR[14] Michael Custodio (Custodio) P100,000.00 CC No. R-PSY-0900785-CR[15] Marlone Papio (Papio) P145,000.00 CC No. R-PSY-0900786-CR[16] Mylene Arevalo (Arevalo) P60,000.00 Rios pleaded "not guilty" upon arraignment.[17] The case proceeded only against Rios as accused Anna Espiritu (Espiritu) and Ellen Mabborang (Mabborang) were at-large. On November 7, 2009, before the trial on the merits started, Rios submitted a Confession of Judgment[18] to the RTC on the civil aspect of the Estafa cases with regard to complainants Tiglao (in the amount of P70,000.00), Dacillo (P70,000.00), Milanes (P80,000.00), Papio (P55,000.00) and Custodio (P60,000.00). Rios admitted that Green Pastures International Staffing Services, Corp. (Green Pastures) had received the said amounts from them. However, Rios did not admit any liability regarding complainants De Mata, Arevalo and Agcaoili. Rios reasoned that the latter did not pay any money to her or to Green Pastures but dealt directly with Mabborang, a stranger to the agency. The RTC approved and granted the Confession of Judgment in its Order[19] dated February 8, 2010 and a Writ of Execution[20] was issued. Thereafter, trial on the merits ensued. The prosecution's version of events was summarized by the CA, as follows: Version of the Prosecution To prove its case, the prosecution presented the following witnesses: Elmer Q. De Mata, Mylene Arevalo, Liwayway M. Tiglao, Rico H. Dacillo, Eduardo Milanes, Michael B. Custodio, and Marlone Papio. Elmer Q. De Mata ("Elmer", for brevity) met accused-appellant Isabel Rios ("Isabel", for brevity), owner of a recruitment agency in U.N. Ave., through accused Ellen Mabborang ("Ellen", for brevity). Ellen had informed him that Isabel owns a recruitment agency (Green Pastures International Staffing Services Corp.) deploying people for Taiwan. Sometime in November 2007, Ellen brought Elmer to Isabel's agency located at 1991 Jayward Lee Building, Buendia, Pasay City wherein Elmer was required to fill up an application form and bio-data. Thereafter, Ellen asked Elmer to submit a medical certificate and required him to pay the amount of Php4,000.00 for the medical examination. After undergoing medical examination, Ellen asked https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/66232 3/29