employee of that company. It turned out that appellants husband was only employed as a cameraman but not as a Technical Director. Bernal and her co-applicants asked appellant for the refund of their money. Appellant promised to return their money but failed to comply therewith. Bernal also inquired from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) whether appellant had a license to recruit overseas workers. In response, POEA issued a Certification (Exhibit C) declaring Beth Banzales had no license to operate as a recruiter (pp. 15-17, TSN, Ibid). As a result, the recruits, including Bernal filed a complaint against the appellant (pp. 18-19, TSN, Ibid). APPELLANT RECRUITED DOMINGO MARIANO Domingo Mariano was then working at Adidas, Rubberworld Philippines and a co-brother of Elizabeth Bernal in the Charismatic Movement.The Charismatic Movement known as the Lords Flock was located at the compound of Rubberworld. Due to their sharing of religious beliefs, Bernal and Mariano met often. It was during one of those meetings that Bernal apprised Mariano about the appellant who was recruiting applicants for abroad (p. 10, TSN, July 25, 1995). Bernal then introduced appellant to Mariano who assured him that she was able to send workers before. Based on that promise, appellant was also able to recruit Mariano (p. 6, TSN, Ibid). On October 12, 1993 at Project 6, Quezon City, and also at Lourdes Herrera Subdivision, Project 6, Quezon City, Mariano gave the amount of twenty five thousand pesos (P25,000.00) to the appellant as evidenced by the receipt issued (Exhibit F) as payment for placement fee abroad.Appellant assured Mariano that he will leave for Taiwan after a month. When Mariano was unable to leave the country, he inquired from POEA and discovered that appellant had no license to recruit as evidenced by a POEA Certification (Exhibit C) (pp. 7-8, TSN, Ibid). Mariano tried to recover the placement fee from appellant but despite the latters assurances, the money never materialized. Marianos hard-earned money paid to appellant was for the subsistence of his family (p. 9, TSN, Ibid). APPELLANT RECRUITED APOLINARIO BALDOZA Apolinario Baldoza, an employee of Rubberworld Adidas, Novaliches, Quezon City was introduced to appellant during the latters visit to Estrella Casis, the formers Section Head in the same office sometime in September 1993. Appellant convinced Baldoza, Noel Manangguil, Elizabeth Bernal and