As required, Elmer also had his medical examination at the Angeles Medical Clinic, the result of which confirmed that he was fit to work (p. 9, Ibid.). Thereafter, he was told to wait for the arrival of the employer. After seven (7) months, no employer arrived. Tired of waiting, Elmer demanded that he be refunded of his money (Id.). Despite appellant's promises to pay, Elmer was not refunded of his money. Exasperated, Elmer asked appellant for a promissory note, which appellant executed, promising to pay Elmer seventy-five thousand (P75,000.00) on May 6, 1998 (pp. 10 and 11, TSN, September 7, 1999). In said promissory note, appellant designated herself as the assistant general manager of the placement agency (Id.). When appellant failed to refund the amount to Elmer on the date stated in the promissory note, the latter went to the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) and filed a sworn complaint against appellant (p. 11, TSN, September 7, 1999). Re: Testimony of Eric Farol On November 20, 1997, Eric Farol first met appellant at Alvis Placement Service Corporation when he applied for an overseas job in Taiwan as a plastic factory worker (pp. 3-4, TSN, September 20, 1999). Appellant and her co-accused Vicente So Yan Han discussed with Eric about the latter's job application (Id.). They required Eric to submit to them his passport, National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) clearance, medical clearance and to pay seventy-five thousand pesos (P75,000.00) as placement fee (Id.). Eric submitted all the aforestated requirements and paid the seventy-five thousand pesos to appellant in two (2) installments, for which the latter issued receipts affixing her signature thereon (pp. 5-9, TSN, September 20, 1999). Appellant then promised Eric that he will be leaving for Taiwan before Christmas of 1997. Failing to fulfill her promise, appellant and Vicente So Yan Han told Eric to wait up to the month of January 1998 (pp. 10 and 11, Ibid.). When appellant failed to comply with her commitment to send Eric to Taiwan in January 1998, Eric demanded from appellant the refund of his money (pp. 11 and 12, Ibid.). Appellant then issued to him a check dated February 5, 1998, affixing her signature thereon, for the amount of seventy-two thousand five hundred pesos (P72,500.00). But when Eric presented the check to the drawee bank for payment, the same was dishonored by reason: "ACCOUNT CLOSED" (pp. 11-14, TSN, September 20, 1999). Insistent that he be refunded of his money, Vicente So Yan Han gave him cash amounts on different dates: February 6, 1998 - - five thousand pesos; February 7, 1998 - - five thousand pesos; and February 17, 1998 - - one thousand pesos (pp. 14-18, TSN, September 20, 1999). Eric was told to return on April 4, 1998 for the full payment of the refund. However, when Eric went back on the first week of April, appellant gave him a letter that the full refund of his money would be given on April 30, 1998 (p. 19, Ibid). Eric returned to appellant on April 30, 1998, but still, appellant failed to refund the money (p. 20, Id.). On May 8, 1998, Eric filed a complaint against appellant and Vicente So Yan Han at the POEA (pp. 20-21, TSN, September 20, 1999). Re: Elmer Ramos Om September 27, 1997, Elmer Ramos went to the office of Alvis Placement Services Corporation to apply for overseas employment as factory worker in Taiwan (pp. 8 and 9, TSN, September 27, 1999). Initially, he took up his application with Vicente So Yan Han who required him to submit his passport, NBI and medical clearances and to pay seventy thousand pesos (P70,000.00) as placement fee (pp. 10 and 11, TSN, September 27, 1999). Elmer submitted the aforestated requirements and paid the placement fee in two (2) installments: twenty thousand pesos (P20,000.00) - - paid to appellant and Vicente So Yan Han on October 22, 1997; and fifty thousand pesos (P50,000.00) - - paid to Vicente So Yan Han on November 12, 1997 (pp. 11-15, TSN, September 27, 1999). Vicente So Yan Han then assured Elmer that he would be included for deployment in the first batch on the first week of December 1997 which, however, did not materialize (pp. 19 and 20, TSN, September 27, 1997). Elmer decided to withdraw his application. The documents submitted were returned to Elmer but not the placement fee he paid (pp. 21 and 22, TSN, September 27, 1999). Instead, appellant issued a check dated February 5, 1998 for the amount of seventy thousand pesos (P70,000.00) (p. 22, Id.). When Elmer encashed the check with the bank, it was dishonored by reason: "closed account" (p. 23, Ibid.). On May 6, 1998, Elmer went back to the office of Alvis Placement Service Corporation to demand the refund of his money. Elmer discussed the matter with appellant, but the latter failed to return Elmer's money. The next day (May 7, 1998), Elmer went to the POEA and filed a sworn complaint against appellant and Vicente So Yan Han (pp. 25 and 26, TSN, September 27, 1999). On May 9, 1998, Elmer again tried to get a refund from appellant, but the latter only issued a promissory note assuring Elmer payment of the seventy thousand pesos on May 14 and 15, 1998 at 3:00 o'clock in the afternoon (pp. 27 and 28, Ibid.). On May 15, 1998, appellant gave Elmer the amount of only five thousand pesos (P5,000.00) (p. 29, Ibid.). 3 The Case for the Appellant The appellant restates her case as follows: On different dates in 1997, the three (3) complaining witnesses in this case (Elmer Ramos, Elmer Janer and Eric Farol) filed separate applications for job placement as factory workers in Taiwan with ALvis Placement Services Corporation, with business address at Rm. 507, AP Bldg., 1563 F. Agoncillo cor. Pedro Gil Sts., Ermita, Manila[,] where the appellant Leticia Sagayaga was then working as corporate treasurer. Elmer Ramos filed his application sometime in September 1997 with the corporation, through accused-at-large Vicente So Yan Han. It was the same Vicente So Yan Han who asked him to submit the required documents (NBI and medical clearances, etc.), and to pay the amount of P70,000.00 as placement fee. He submitted the required documents, and paid the placement fee in two (2) installments as follows: P20,000.00 was paid by him on 22 October 1997 to appellant Letecia Sagayaga and Vicente So Yan Han on the office of the corporation; and P50,000.00 was paid by him on 12 November 1997 to Vicente So Yan Han. Then So Yan Han informed him that he would be deployed in Taiwan in the first week of December 1997. The promised deployment or job placement never came. He then decided to withdraw his application and get back the documents he submitted and the money he had paid. He was issued a check for the fee he had paid but the check was dishonored by the bank for the reason "account closed." Failing to get his money ba[c]k, he filed a complaint with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration where he executed a "Sinumpaang Salaysay" on 7 May 1998.