4/16/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly him the amount would be sufficient as an initial payment. Accused-appellant came back with Joseph Mendoza, whose brother-in-law, Engr. Leonardo Domingo, according to accused-appellant, was recruiting seamen. Thereafter, accused-appellant and Mendoza took complainant, Cloyd, and Jojo's wife, Clarita, to a house on Second Street, near Camp Crame in Quezon City, where the latter were introduced to Andy Baloran.[7] Complainant and his companions were told that Baloran was an employee of the National Bureau of Investigation and he would take care of processing the applications for employment. Baloran told complainant and the other job applicants that those who would be employed would be paid a monthly salary of US$1,000.00, plus tips, and given vacation leaves of 45 days with pay. Baloran asked complainant to submit his picture, bio-data, and birth certificate, which complainant later did. Accused-appellant then asked complainant to give her the P10,000.00 as initial payment. Complainant handed her the money and asked for a receipt, but accused-appellant told him not to worry and assured him that she would be responsible if anything untoward happened. Complainant, therefore, did not insist on asking accused-appellant for a receipt. Accused-appellant said she gave the money to Baloran. Two days later, Baloran and Domingo went to the compound where Felixberto and accused-appellant were residing and called Felixberto, Cloyd, and Jojo to a meeting. Domingo told the applicants that he was the chief engineer of the luxury ocean liner where they would embark and repeated to them the salaries and other benefits which they would receive. He told them not to get impatient. Accused-appellant later saw complainant to collect the balance of P35,000.00. Complainant was told to give the money to accused-appellant at Wendy's in Cubao, Quezon City on August 12, 1994. At the appointed date and place, complainant and his wife delivered the amount to accused-appellant who, in turn, handed it to Baloran. No receipt was, however, issued to Felixberto. Another meeting was held on August 16, 1994 at the Mandarin Hotel in Makati City by accused-appellant, Domingo, Baloran, Mendoza, the Leongson spouses, the Malgapo spouses, and Jojo Bumatay. The applicants were told by Domingo that they would be employed as waiters and attendants in the luxury liner and asked them again to wait a while. On August 18, 1994, accused-appellant saw complainant again to collect the P25,000.00 balance. Felixberto paid the amount to accused-appellant four days later. As in the case of the first two payments, no receipt was given for the P25,000.00. Accused-appellant told him that she would turn over the amount to Baloran. Although complainant regularly followed up his application with accused-appellant, he was told each time to have patience and to just wait for the call from Domingo or from Baloran. But Felixberto never heard from either one of these two.[8] Felixberto's testimony was corroborated by his wife, Maria Luz, who said that accused-appellant claimed she could help her husband get a job as a seamen despite the latter's lack of formal training. https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/52128 4/14